Botox can smooth facial wrinkles and help you look 10 years younger. But Botox isn’t just about beauty. Did you know that Botox is approved to treat a number of medical conditions? This includes excessive underarm sweating, chronic migraines, and even muscle spasms. Botox may also stop teeth grinding.
## Do You Grind Your Teeth?
Teeth grinding, also called bruxism, is a condition where you clench your jaw or grind your teeth. It’s common to grind your teeth at night, but it can happen unconsciously during the day as well. Even though you don’t know it’s happening, teeth grinding can start to wear away the enamel on your teeth and increase the chances of your teeth chipping or cracking. It can also cause tooth pain or even lead to jaw pain and headaches.
## Common Treatment Options
One of the most common treatments for teeth grinding is to wear a mouth guard during the night. This keeps your teeth apart during the night and prevents painful clenching and grinding. You can also start to consciously change your daytime behavior, relaxing your jaw throughout the day, and training your muscles to stay in the proper position.

Medication can also treat teeth grinding. For example, muscle relaxants can help relax your jaw and reduce muscle tension. If you’re grinding your teeth because you’ve anxious or stressed, medication or treatment to reduce stress can also help treat teeth grinding.
## How Does Botox Work?
Botox, which contains botulinum toxin, is another treatment option for teeth grinding. When Botox is injected into targeted muscles on the face, these muscles relax. The botulinum toxin blocks signals from the brain to this muscle, so the muscle stays relaxed and does not clench or grind. 
## Botox For Teeth Grinding
If you get Botox for wrinkles, relaxing facial muscles will smooth wrinkles to give you youthful skin. But Botox can treat other health conditions, such a chronic migraine pain and muscle spasms.

Botox for teeth grinding relaxes the muscles in your jaw to prevent clenching or grinding. A small dose of Botox is injected into the masseter muscle or jaw muscle. This large muscle won’t stop moving, but it will be weakened just enough to stop these unconscious movements. Botox can relax the muscle, stopping teeth grinding and jaw clenching during the day and the night.

Botox can prevent damage to the teeth. It can also treat jaw pain and even put an end to the headaches you experience along with teeth grinding. Botox in your jaw muscle will not affect eating, chewing, or facial expressions.
## What to Expect During Treatment 
Botox treatments take less than 20 minutes. If you’re getting Botox for teeth grinding, you’ll get a few small injections on both sides of the face. These injections will target different parts of your jaw muscle. The process doesn’t hurt. Very fine needles make the process as painless as possible. You will notice a prick and a tingling sensation, but it’s not a painful treatment.

After the injection, you may notice some minor redness or swelling along the jawline, but this will clear up within the first day. You’ll notice the effects within a couple of days, and you can bid goodbye to the symptoms of teeth grinding.

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