What Teeth Grinding Reveals About Your Psyche

The underlying causes behind this nighttime menace

Ashley Abramson
Elemental
Published in
6 min readSep 9, 2019

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AAccording to the American Sleep Association, about 10% of people suffer from teeth grinding, also known as bruxism, and researchers believe the number of patients suffering from it has increased in recent years. While there are a number of medical and lifestyle causes for bruxism, teeth grinding can…

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Ashley Abramson
Elemental

Writer-mom hybrid. Health & psychology stories in NYT, WaPo, Allure, Real Simple, & more.