Approximately 98% of all people grind or clench their teeth. Grinding does more damage to the teeth, where as clenching ( reaching 40 times the chewing forces) may cause other kind of complaints as headache, pain in the neck and even back. Clenching can also cause damage to the dental restaurations and even fracture teeth.

 

By grinding your teeth they wear more than in normal use. To repair the damage, more extensive treatment is often required.

 

On this site 2 examples, one of which was treated with porcelain, the other one in composite.