How to Stop Clenching Teeth to Protect Your Smile

smileBruxism is characterized by symptoms such as morning headaches, toothaches, ringing ears and aching jaws especially at the temporomandibular joint. Teeth grinding and clenching particularly happens at night. The amount of damage to the teeth depends on how hard and how frequent an individual grinds.

Teeth are slowly worn down eventually losing the beautiful smile. The jaw joint is also damaged by teeth grinding with the result being great pain. Earaches come about as a result of being very close to the temporomandibular joint. The inner ear becomes inflamed and very painful. Professional help should be sought in the treatment of bruxism.

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Somnowell Inventor - Visiting Professor Simon Ash FDS MSc MOrth BDS

Prof. Ash is the inventor of the highly successful SOMNOWELL Chrome device for snoring and sleep apnoea.

The Somnowell Chrome is made to exacting standards in the Somnowell laboratory under the supervision of Visiting Professor Simon Ash. Prof. Ash and his master technicians create each Somnowell Chrome device using their wealth of experience and expertise.

Prof. Ash works at the forefront of his profession. He is a Consultant and Specialist Orthodontist with over 30 years clinical experience, with a special interest in sleep related breathing disorders, TMJD, and bruxism. He currently works in Harley Street London and two private hospitals in London as part of a multi-disciplinary team managing snoring and sleep apnoea, and is Visiting Professor of Orthodontics at the BPP University.