Can the people who suffer from bruxism (teeth grinding) use dental implants?
Any kind of oral and dental diseases like bruxism has to be treated before implanting teeth. The people who suffer from bruxism will damage the implants after a short time. So, before using dental implants they have to try oral splints or pharmacotherapy. The recurrent pressure that grinding imposes on implants will decrease their durability and finally will lead to an unsuccessful implant treatment.