WEATHER
WEATHER REPORTS COMING. DENTISTS IN COLORADO ARE SEEING A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN CRACKED
TEETH AND ONE REASON IT'S THE
STRESS AND ANXIETY SO MANY
OF US ARE FEELING DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
A SENIOR SOURCE REPORTER MARK
KOBRICK IS LOOKING INTO THIS.
AND MARK, NOT ONLY CRACK TEETH
PAINFUL, THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.
YES, THEY ARE.
YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THAT WE'VE
SENT SEVERAL DOCTORS TO HAWAII
FIRST CLASS BY THE WAY AND
THEY'RE PAINFUL AND EXPENSIVE
BECAUSE THEY OFTEN RESULT IN
ROOT CANALS.
THE PROBLEM IS FOR MOST THESE
BIG TEETH IN THE BACK OF OUR
MOUTH, THESE BOULDERS WHICH ARE
SOME OF THE OLDEST TEETH IN OUR
MOUTH.
AND ALSO THEY TAKE ALL THE
STRESS THAT THE CHEWING THE
WRITING.
SO THEY DOES SAY THAT THEY SEE
A LOT OF PRACTICE ANYWAY.
BUT LOOK THIS DURING THE
PANDEMIC THEY HAVE SEEN A FIFTY
NINE POINT FOUR PERCENT
INCREASE IN TEETH GRINDING AND
CLENCHING AND FIFTY THREE POINT
FOUR PERCENT INCREASE IN
CHIPPED TEETH CRACKED SYMPTOMS
WHICH IS JAW PAIN OR PAIN
BEHIND THE EYES OR IN THE FACE
,SHOULDER OR NECK FREQUENTLY
CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE STRAIN ON
JAW JOINTS.
NOW THERE ARE ACTUALLY ALL
KINDS OF REASONS FOR CRACKING.
ACCORDING TO DR. WILLIAM VIPR
WHO SPECIALIZES IN RESTORATIVE
DENTISTRY, HE SAYS THERE IS
PROMISE FROM A SPORTS INJURY
WHICH HE SEES A LOT OF IN
COLORADO.
A LOT OF HIS CRACKED TEETH
CHEWING SOMETHING HARD LIKE
CANDY OR MAYBE ICE.
BUT CURRENTLY THE DOCTORS ARE
SEEING A LOT OF WHAT IS CALLED
HYPER FUNCTION.
HE SAYS WHERE PEOPLE WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING STRESS AND ANXIETY
DUE TO THE PANDEMIC WHICH LEADS
TO GRINDING THERE'S DEFINITELY
MORE DRIVING.
I'VE SEEN BOTH CORRECTIVE THE
FLIP SIDE OF THAT IS MUSCLE JAW
PAIN, HEADACHES AND THE
TEMPLE'S BACK ON THE HEAD BACK
OF THE NECK.
THOSE THINGS ARE JUST THE FLIP
SIDE.
IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING YOUR
TEETH THEN YOU'RE OVERTAXING
THE MUSCLES.
THAT'S RIGHT AND IT KEEPS SAYS
DR. PHIFER AND A LOT OF OTHER
DOCTORS GETTING WONDERFUL
RESTORATIVE SLEEP AT NIGHT.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT YOU
HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME
EXERCISE THAT HELPS YOU GO TO
SLEEP.
SO I'VE LOOKED AT A COUPLE
OF TECHNIQUES AND I'VE TALKED
THEM OVER WITH DOCTORS
INCLUDING DR. COLEY COMING UP I
THINK LATER ON THE PROGRAM.
AND SHE SAYS AND OTHER DOCTORS
SAY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS
STIMULATE THE VAGUS NERVE AND
ACTIVATE THE BODY'S PARIS
APATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM.
LOOK AT THAT.
I'M A DOCTOR ON TV.
SO HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
WELL, YOU PRESS YOUR TONGUE
AGAINST THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH
LIKE SO.
AND YOU CREATE A LITTLE SUCTION
IN THERE.
AND THEN DR. KELLY SAYS THE
MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS
YOU TAKE ALL OF THESE DEEP
BREATHS AS DEEP AS YOU CAN FROM
THE ABDOMEN.
YOU TAKE THESE DEEP BREATHS AND
LET ME ASSURE YOU CAME AFTER
YOU PRACTICE AS PRACTICED THIS
FOR A WHILE.
IN ABOUT FIVE DEEP BREATHS YOU
ARE OUT COLD.
AND IF YOU'RE PURPOSING IF
YOU'RE WAKING, SLEEPING AND
WAKING AND SLEEPING, YOU CAN DO
THIS REPEATEDLY THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO
HELP YOU GET SOME BETTER SLEEP.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
I WANT TO PRACTICE IT RIGHT
NOW.
I DIDN'T HAVE THIS DARN NEWS
GOT TO GET THERE BECAUSE WE ALL
NEED THIS.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CRACKED
TEETH THOUGH, DO THEY ALWAYS
LEAD TO A ROOT CANAL OR IS
THERE SOMETHING SOMETIMES THEY
CAN DO THAT FOR NOW?
WELL, YOU AND I HAVE NOT BEEN
AS LUCKY.
BUT THEY SAY IT'S 60 TO 70
PERCENT.
FOR US IT'S BEEN 100 HUNDRED
PERCENT.
WE HAVE CRACKED.
DO THEY DO SOMETHING TO IT?
BUT.
DO THEY DO SOMETHING TO IT?
BUT FOR MOST PEOPLE THAT'S 60
TO 70 PERCENT.
THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
SO THE ENDO DENTIST ARE VERY
BUSY.
SO WE ALL HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO
TAKE BETTER CARE OF THESE GREAT
BIG TEETH AT THE BACK OF OUR
MOUTH AND HOW TO GET SOME
RESTFUL SLEEP SO THAT WE'RE NOT
PURPOSING ALL NIGHT AND DOING
AWAKE BECAUSE IT'S VERY
EXPENSIVE.
NOW IT REALLY MAKES YOUR JAW
CLENCH UP JUST TALKING ABOUT
IT.
I THINK WE'RE ALL DOING.
WE'RE ALL FEELING IT.
SO LET'S GET IT BACK.
TRY IT.
TRY TRY THAT LITTLE EXERCISE UP
ON THE ROOF OF THE MOUTH.
DEEP BREATH.
THERE YOU GO.