The real solutions you need
Offering more than just mouth and bite guards for tooth grinding, MyoDental in Weybridge, Surrey, offers several treatment solutions suitable for children, teens and adults. Our dental practice offers more than just general dentistry; we look at the entire picture to protect your teeth and support healthier jaw function for long-term relief.
For children:
Tooth grinding in children is often linked to growth, sleep, breathing patterns, jaw development and poor oral muscle habits. Children can grind because their bite, airway, tongue position, and facial growth are not balanced.
What you might notice
- Loud grinding during sleep
- Mouth breathing
- Restless sleep or snoring
- Crowded teeth
- Difficulty concentrating
- Messy eating or swallowing habits
- Tongue thrust or low tongue posture
Treatments may include
The focus here is on early intervention and on understanding whether grinding is connected to jaw development, airway space, tongue function, or other oral habits.
- MyoBraces to guide healthy jaw growth and oral habits
- Myofunctional therapy to retrain the tongue, lips and jaw
- Early orthodontics to create more space for the teeth, tongue and airway
For teens:
Teenagers frequently grind their teeth because of stress, but it can also be down to orthodontic relapse, mouth breathing, bite imbalance, jaw tension or poor tongue posture. Now is a key age where teeth can begin to shift after braces, if the muscles and tongue do not support the bite correctly.
What you might notice
- Jaw clicking or tightness
- Teeth shifting after orthodontics
- Headaches
- Mouth breathing
- Poor sleep
- Tooth sensitivity
- Worn or chipped teeth
Treatments may include
At MyoDental, our dentists look beyond the grinding to address issues with the bite, jaw muscles, breathing habits, and oral function that might be contributing to the problem.
- Myofunctional therapy: Targeted exercises to retrain the tongue, lips and jaw
- MyoBraces: Four-stage appliance system to guide growth, habits and alignment
- Early or interceptive orthodontics: Create more space for the teeth, tongue and airway
Other solutions include support for orthodontic relapse and, where necessary, protective appliances.
For adults:
Tooth guards are the typical solution for tooth grinding in adults, but they only serve as protection; they do not address why grinding might happen in the first place. MyoDental takes a root-cause approach to treat the bite, jaw muscles, airway signs, tongue function and sleep-related issues.
What you might notice
- Long-term clenching
- Worn, chipped or cracked teeth
- TMJ pain
- Morning headaches
- Neck and shoulder tension
- Snoring or poor sleep
- Stress-related grinding
- Previous orthodontic relapse
- Bite imbalance
- Fatigue or brain fog
Treatments may include
- MyoBraces: Appliance system to support better oral posture, jaw function and breathing habits.
- Myofunctional therapy: Retrain tongue, lip and jaw habits that contribute to grinding.
- Airway-focused orthodontics: Improve bite balance, tongue space and jaw function.
Custom nightguards and relapse support are also available.
Begin your journey to treating tooth grinding
It’s easy to fall into a quick fix and forget. But when it comes to tooth grinding, patients need a whole-picture assessment to break the habit rather than just live with it.
As grinding can be linked to bite issues, stress, airways, mouth breathing, tongue posture, or poor oral muscle function, it’s important to identify the cause to truly treat the issue, protect the teeth, and support better breathing and function. It’s particularly important to treat early in children, too, to develop healthier jaw and facial growth patterns.
Our assessments check the bite, jaw joints, muscles, tongue posture, and breathing habits to identify what may be driving your teeth to grind and to find the most appropriate treatment solution.
Address the causes of bruxism & improve a huge range of other dental problems
Correcting the underlying cause of tooth grinding doesn’t just provide relief for your jaw and protect your teeth from damage, but it can also prevent and correct:
- Worn, chipped or flattened teeth
- Jaw pain, clicking or tightness
- Morning headaches or facial tension
- Sensitive teeth
- Neck, shoulder or temple pain
- Poor sleep or waking tired
- Orthodontic relapse or teeth shifting
- Clenching during stress or sleep
- Snoring, mouth breathing or restless sleep
Through treatment, patients can enjoy long-term benefits such as reduced tooth wear and damage, reduced jaw pain and facial tension, fewer headaches, better sleep quality, and less clenching and grinding, resulting in a calmer, more comfortable bite.