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Teeth grinding is very bad for your teeth. It can lead to excessive wear, cracking, and even early tooth loss.  But can teeth grinding cause other problems beyond your mouth, like headaches and neck pain? Yes, although often headaches, neck pain, and teeth grinding are all symptoms of another condition. What Causes Teeth Grinding? Teeth grinding and ..read more

One of the lifestyle change recommendations that physicians will make for sleep apnea patients is quitting smoking. Quitting smoking can help you sleep better and improve your lung health. When you smoke cigarettes and have sleep apnea, it can increase your health risks even more for heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, and airway inflammation. Cigarettes can ..read more

The human body has an estimated 650 named skeletal muscles throughout the body, with just four muscle groups located in the head and neck. Muscles aren’t just responsible for helping you move, but also move food through your digestive system and help your heart pump blood. The muscles in the head and neck help you chew, swallow, make ..read more

With COVID-19 keeping couples locked together in their homes indefinitely, it’s no wonder there’s an anticipated surge in divorces. The financial stress, and coming to terms with morality have people questioning whether they’re happy in their marriages. Although there might be a rise in divorces, sleep divorces are even more common. When one or both partners snore through ..read more

One of the causes of sleep apnea or snoring is actually muscle weakness in the upper throat, mouth, and tongue. By strengthening these airway muscles with exercises involved in myofunctional therapy, those suffering from sleep apnea or snoring can improve their symptoms. Sleep dentist, Dr. Stafford at Bite Align in Fort Atkinson, WI, has helped numerous patients improve ..read more

It’s possible to experience jaw and ear pain simultaneously for lots of different reasons. Although your ears and jaws are located in different areas, their close proximity can affect one another. Oftentimes when you develop a medical condition in your mouth, jaw, or ear, it can cause referred pain in the jaw and ear. If you’re experience jaw and ear ..read more

As the holidays roll around again, there are probably many things you’re looking forward to: turkey, ham, pie, and, of course, spending time with all the family you might not see for the rest of the year. However, there might be one thing you’re not looking forward to: snoring. Whether you experience snoring every year around the holidays or it’s a new feature this year, there are some common reasons why your snoring might be worse around the holidays.  These solutions might help reduce your snoring around the holidays, but if you find that you now snore regularly, Fort Atkinson sleep ..read more

Most people think of whiplash injury as a neck injury, but the impact of whiplash can go beyond your neck. Many people develop other injuries and conditions as a result of whiplash injuries. One common injury that occurs because of whiplash is temporomandibular joint disorders (called either TMJ or TMD). If you experienced a whiplash injury and now suspect you might have TMJ, Fort Atkinson TMJ dentist Dr. Jennifer Stafford can help. She can diagnose your TMJ and get you an effective TMJ treatment to reduce or eliminate TMJ symptoms.  Request Appointment What Is a Whiplash Injury? Whipl ..read more

Now that we’re officially into fall and the kids are back at school, we’re heading into cold and flu season. In Fort Atkinson, our long Wisconsin winters can make this a grueling, miserable time some years. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to do something to make it less likely that you’re going to get sick?  There is, and we’re not talking about flu shots (though you should consider that, too). No, we’re talking about getting better sleep. Good sleep can help your body fight off many kinds of upper respiratory infection. There are many things you can and should do to improve your sleep qu ..read more