Do you suffer from aching jaws when it is time to get up? Do you find yourself grinding your teeth when you feel nervous and anxious? It is quite a common phenomenon. If you have painful jaws and grind your teeth, you just might be suffering from TMJ, which we dentists call temporomandibular joint disorder. It's really only a technical phrase for grinding your teeth at night. This condition is commonly related to snoring as well.

So, if you've experienced pain in the mornings, you may want to find out if you've got TMJ. Try to get it treated right away. If you let it be, the friction will chip away your teeth little by little. Why don't you pay me a visit at my Ashburn dentist clinic and I will see if a mouth guard will help prevent your teeth from chipping away even more. Or if it is necessary to get a Ashburn dentist crown.

A Ashburn dentist crown is the solution for many dental situations. But in this case, it is only if your teeth grinding habit has been going on for many years. I will first look at the pointed cusps. The molars and pre-molars will show them up pretty well in normal teeth. If they look as if they've been leveled out, I would strongly suggest you get a crown.

If I do not put in a crown, you might have eating difficulties. Your speech could also be affected. In situations where you have neglected it for too long, your jaws may even move out of position.

Initially, I will scrape away some of your tooth matter. This is to make room for the crown. The portions I remove will be from the enamel or dentine.

Then we prepare the materials that make up the crown. I will give you a precious metal alloy for the Ashburn dental crown. You won't lose that much enamel because this is very strong even when applied thinly.

However, if you would like non-metals like porcelain or ceramic, then I may have to scrape down to the inner portion of your tooth. I want to make sure that it does not break.

Porcelain and ceramic are fine. But, a hybrid is what you should have. This is a dental crown that has metal and porcelain, to give you a strong crown that also looks nice. It is like having your cake and eating it, too!