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Oral issues for adult
Hi B and Daniel,
I grind my teeth as lot, I’ve all but ground up all my back ones. I have terribly sore and enlarged masseter muscles because of tmj. I also have a tight frenulum, it feels tight when I lift my tongue.
I’ve come across different information over time:
- Myoyfunctional therapists online say possible tongue tie and needing palette expansion ( what’s a good place to go to get a pallet expansion that is covered by insurance ? I do have a narrow pallete)—> I have a hunched posture and a military neck, even when I was younger, they say this is all linked to narrow pallete and underdeveloped jaw
- Parasites causing teeth grinding
- And other random possible options
I went to a chiropractor to fix my military neck, hunched posture and it didn’t help much. They also showed me x rays telling me I don’t stand straight but am slightly leaning to my left.
Recently I’ve started to get pain right on my upper spine. My mother in law is a physician and said it’s possible arthritis, but not sure. my mother in law also told me if I had a tongue tie I wouldn’t be able to stick my tongue out?
Please advise. Thank you.
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Hi @Annie Sye – yes, those are all possible causes of teeth grinding, and if it’s been longstanding (like since childhood), I’d lean more towards it being an airway issue due to tongue positioning/tongue tie and/or a narrow palate issue. And neck posture is dependent on your breathing as well. This is a great post by Dr. Steven Lin about it.
And here’s another great one that discusses how teeth grinding, mouth breathing, back pain and forward head posture can all be due to low tongue posture and poor neck support.
Typically with tongue ties, people will experience other symptoms like mouth breathing, snoring, disrupted sleep, headaches and TMJ pain, and if your mother recalls, potentially an overbite & fussy eating as a baby if breastfed.
Depending on the severity, a person with a tongue tie may still be able to stick their tongue out. So no, that’s not entirely true.
Unfortunately, I don’t have a referral for you with insurance. But I would seek out a biological dentist with experience in myofunctional therapy to get properly diagnosed and treated. You can search the IAOMT.org website for a biological dentist near you.
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@Annie Sye I asked around for you. You may want to consider joining the linked adult tongue tied Facebook group below. Supposedly they also have a list of good providers with proper training in adult tongue ties in the US.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1494393564165999
Thought to share this fascinating image as well of how the tongue is connected to everything!
And in terms of rapid relief, you may also want to try acupuncture for TMJ disorders and clenching/grinding.
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@Bernadette Abraham thank you so very much. You’re just wonderful! I really appreciate you. This was very helpful info.
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@Annie Sye I also added a “Teeth Grinding” (Bruxism) handout in the Symptom Dictionary if you’d like to have a look.
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@Bernadette Abraham I’ll check it out, thank you so much for letting me know.
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