Grinding Your Teeth Is the Latest Symptom of the Times

Ashley Munzing has been grinding her teeth every night to the point of excruciating pain, and finds herself clenching her teeth during the day. Her husband said it’s so bad, it wakes him out of his sleep. “Every day I feel like somebody punched me in the face,” Ashley said. Dr. Mariya Malin said that her dental practice is one of many across the country reporting an alarming uptick in teeth-grinding, and many patients believe it’s because of increased stress during the pandemic.