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Dental Anxiety and Hyperawareness - Bite Feels Off

Quick Answer Your bite may feel off because of a real dental change, such as a new filling, crown, tooth movement, grinding, or jaw-joint irritation. But anxiety can also make you hyperaware of normal tooth contact, causing your bite to feel strange even when there is no major bite problem. Persistent discomfort, pain, swelling, jaw […]

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Quick Answer : Phantom Bite Syndrome (Occlusal Dysesthesia) is a neurological condition where a patient feels their bite is “wrong” despite no physical abnormality. It is caused by the brain becoming hyper-aware of tooth contact, often after a dental procedure. The best treatment is “Information Therapy,” stress management, and occasionally low-dose nerve-calming medications, rather than

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