I’m posting this in desperation to see if anyone has ever experienced similar as it’s driving me mad! Apologies for the length of the post.
Last year at a check up, my dentist told me I was showing signs of grinding my teeth. She wasn’t fussed about it but I asked for a night guard as my DDad was a grinder and ended up having to have some of his teeth crowned due to the damage. I started wearing it last October and a month later woke up to feeling like my left front tooth was hitting my bottom tooth when talking and eating. Then I started getting what I can only describe as a feeling of pressure in some of my teeth and upper gums- I noticed when I wash my face and press either side of my nose, the feeling of pressure was there, as well as into my gums below and then my teeth. The best way I can describe it is like having something stuck between your teeth? I get it in my front teeth and random teeth all over my mouth (top and bottom) but it’s worse in my top teeth. I wear my night guard religiously. Over the past few weeks all my top left teeth have had this feeling of pressure in them and my gums feel tender. They can be like this one day but not the next, it’s intermittent. Dentist says my teeth look fine, except for a crack in one of them (she doesn’t want to repair it at the moment 😳). She hasn’t x-rayed them, just declared that she doesn’t know what it is and is referring me to the hospital. So now I have a long wait to be seen there but I’m left with this issue and no solution? I’ve started getting shooting pains in the affected teeth when I clean them, which makes me anxious. Has anyone else had this issue? I’m starting to wonder if the night guard has affected my bite and this is what is causing the issue… 🤔