Grinding teeth while sleeping can be a pain - and in more ways that one.

If you suffer from grinding your teeth at night - more properly known as sleep bruxism - then you'll know that it can be bad for your teeth. Or at least, if you don't know this yourself, your dentist will have likely mentioned it to you. In fact, it's often the dentist that is the first to notice that someone is suffering from sleep bruxism.

However chances are that before your dentist has noticed your bruxism that you have known yourself that something isn't quite right. You find that your restful nights sleep aren't quite so restful anymore. And you may wake up with your jaw feeling a little tight or tense. Or perhaps you find that at random times during the day your jaw seems to grind your teeth unexpectedly.

All of the above is caused by grinding teeth while sleeping, and the most common teeth grinding treatments for bruxism is to be fitted with a night mouthguard - usually one that you're expected to wear for the rest of your life.

The problem is, wearing a night mouthguard for the rest of your life isn't always comfortable. So how can you prevent your teeth grinding without one?

For a while now there's been a guidebook online that shows you how to cure your bruxism without a mouthguard.

If focuses on teaching you techniques that help you relax your jaw and remove the tension from your mouth. This combined with mental relaxation exercises and a couple of dietary supplements have been proven to work and help people cure their bruxism without the need to keep sleeping with a mouthguard for the rest of their life.

The guide seems really good. Find out more here - prevent teeth grinding.