Dentist across Northern Texas USA have reported seeing a huge increase in the cases of teeth grinding, or Bruxism since the global credit crunch took hold.

One dentist, Robert Sorokolit of Advanced Dentistry has seen an increase of about 30% and a doubling of fractured teeth.

When interviewed he said, “We can all agree that’s there’s been a rise in stress because of the economy. Whenever there’s a rise in stress, there’s a rise in clinching.”

Patients are reporting that as the downturn in the economy deepens their teeth grinding gets worse. One stated that 90% of her stress was caused by the economy affecting her job and so she was finding it difficult to sleep properly.

Another leading dentist, Tim Oakes says, “Teeth grinding usually goes up during stressful time periods, such as wars, presidential elections and tax day.”

The widely used first course of treatment for teeth grinding is a teeth guard, which whilst only partially effective are often very expensive, ranging from $300 to more than $1,000

Sorokolit believes that with people feeling the pinch in their pockets they are giving teeth guards a miss.

“A lot of people say I just can’t afford that right now,” he said.

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