Stress From COVID-19 Leading to an Uptick in Teeth Grinding

“People are coming with more tension type headaches, migraines, decreased opening. They’ll say ‘I used to be able to eat a turkey club sandwich, but now I can’t open as big,” said Dr. Michelle Augello, DDS, owner of Nickel City Dentistry on Hertel Ave.

30-40% of her patients complain about these kinds of issues and she thinks it’s all because of stress caused by COVID-19.

“It is a stressful climate in our world right now. They were clenching and grinding their teeth and they were breaking a lot of teeth,” said Dr. Augello.

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