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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Epilepsy / January 2004Tongue biting
My teeth sometimes close together so fast that I can't control the bite - it's like a tic. My tongue is often caught between them and it hurts! Is this common? Mary I have that exact thing from time to time. > My teeth sometimes close together so fast that I can't control the bite - > it's like a tic. My tongue is often caught between them and it hurts! > > Is this common? > > Mary I don't know how generally common it is. I guess we'll find out here. *If it's happening while you're asleep, your Dentist can fit you for an 'occlusal splint' -- a soft plastic insert that covers the Top Teeth at bedtime and prevents tongue or tooth damage during the night. Our guards tend to be lower at night so some types of damage might happen more often then than during the Daytime. (My Dentist also told me about a cheaper version that can be used as a test version or for Kids, since their jaws grow more quickly and they'd need a refitting each 8-12 months. The fitting and lab costs make up about 70% of the total cost of the Splint, above.) While this type works during the night, it would be impractical and make it difficult to speak during the Daytime. Don't tell your Husband! :-< G.R. > My teeth sometimes close together so fast that I can't control the bite - > it's like a tic. My tongue is often caught between them and it hurts! > > Is this common? > Mary > I don't know how generally common it is. I guess we'll find out here. > *If it's happening while you're asleep, your Dentist can fit you for an > 'occlusal splint' -- a soft plastic insert that covers the Top Teeth at > bedtime and prevents tongue or tooth damage during the night. I don't think it's ever happened at night - there's been no evidence. > Our guards tend to be lower at night so some types of damage might happen > more often then than during the Daytime. (My Dentist also told me about a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > While this type works during the night, it would be impractical and make > it difficult to speak during the Daytime. Don't tell your Husband! :-< He'd hate it. The time I lost my voice was misery for him because he had to talk to people. It made him realise how useful I was in spheres he'd never thought of. Mary > G.R. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Is this common? > > Mary Howdy Mary! Gee... Here I thought that it was every man's dream for wifey to remain silent for a few days!  SignatureDave ???? "Noli illigitemi carborundum decendus" http://www.howdydave.com > > I don't know how generally common it is. I guess we'll find out here. > > *If it's happening while you're asleep, your Dentist can fit you for [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > > Is this common? > > > Mary > Howdy Mary! > > Gee... Here I thought that it was every man's dream for wifey to remain > silent for a few days! Yes, but you probably enjoy talking. Spouse likes someone else to do the hard work. He's a man of action, not words. Mary > > > I don't know how generally common it is. I guess we'll find out here. > > > *If it's happening while you're asleep, your Dentist can fit you for [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > > > Is this common? > > > > Mary My heart jumped at reading this one. I posted my problem with this about 11 months ago and not one bite on my line..........:^) Someone suggested that this was part of a movement disorder but my readings said that it was myoclonus and that tongue biting happened while patients were aware More than one reading also said this type of forced jaw closure was common among those with epilepsy. CJ > My teeth sometimes close together so fast that I can't control the bite - > it's like a tic. My tongue is often caught between them and it hurts! > > Is this common? > > Mary > My heart jumped at reading this one. I posted my problem with this about 11 > months ago and not one bite on my line..........:^) It happens ... people don't read everything all the time. > Someone suggested that > this was part of a movement disorder but my readings said that it was > myoclonus and that tongue biting happened while patients were aware More > than one reading also said this type of forced jaw closure was common among > those with epilepsy. That's interesting. Thanks. Mary > CJ > > My teeth sometimes close together so fast that I can't control the bite - [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > > > Mary |
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