The cause gnashing of teeth - the crisis

American dentists struck a new phenomenon: an increasing number of patients with ground off by gnashing teeth. "People today are more likely to suffer from stress, they are concerned about the financial situation, his future, and all of this affects the teeth, - says Steven Butensky dentist who specializes in prosthetic dentistry. - They continually grind their teeth We are looking at what is happening around. "

And people have for this reason. One of the regular customers of Dr. Butenskogo lost hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in Bernie Madoff pyramid. Another lost work, which brought him a six-figure checks. And single mothers dedicated to flower business on Long Island, and now there is no free minutes. Woman inject 14 hours a day to make ends meet.

"Their teeth were the victims of what is going on over there," - says Dr. Butensky, pointing to the window, behind which stretched the town center. Butenskogo colleague Dr. Robert Redvin also involved in the restoration of teeth, said the number of its customers from ground off teeth It increased by 20-25% in the last year. A dentist from San Diego Gerald McCracken number of such patients has increased and a half years in general twice.

But even regardless of the crisis of 10 to 15% of adult Americans regularly grind their teeth, according to the dentist from Cleveland Dr. Matthew Messina, a consultant the American Dental Association. Moreover, this process is most people do not even notice, because the muscular activity they occur at a subconscious level.

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