Sleep and Teeth

I have been working with clients who share very similar symptoms, interupted sleep and teeth grinding. So which came first, the interruption or the grinding? Whilst anecdotal, I have found that patients claim that they became aware of their grinding when it started effecting their sleep. Unconscious habits becoming conscious is your body's way of saying 'get this sorted'. It is not the teeth grinding pur se, but the underlying stress and beliefs attached. As many of us know, being stressed can have serious consequences.