Ep. 44: “Bruxism Explained, and Other Ways To Enhance Your Knowledge on Sleep Disorders with Dr. Jerald Simmons and Special Guest Dr. Kevin Boyd!"

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𝙎𝙋𝙀𝘾𝙄𝘼𝙇 𝙂𝙐𝙀𝙎𝙏 𝘿𝙍. 𝙆𝙀𝙑𝙄𝙉 𝘽𝙊𝙔𝘿 𝘼𝙇𝙎𝙊 𝙅𝙊𝙄𝙉𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝙀𝙒 𝙏𝙊 𝙃𝙀𝙇𝙋 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑵 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑩𝑹𝑼𝑿𝑰𝑺𝑴 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝑾𝑨𝒀𝑺 𝑻𝑶 𝑬𝑵𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑲𝑵𝑶𝑾𝑳𝑬𝑫𝑮𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑺𝑳𝑬𝑬𝑷 𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑶𝑹𝑫𝑬𝑹𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑮𝑯 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑼𝑷𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑺𝑳𝑬𝑬𝑷 𝑬𝑫𝑼𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑶𝑹𝑻𝑰𝑼𝑴 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑭𝑬𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬! 

Ever wonder why you 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡? 🤔 Dr. Simmons is here to explain!  It's not just about “emotional stress” but rather physiologic stress; it could be your 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞! 🫁

✅ 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐦, both clenching and grinding, is often a sign of an airway issue! 😮‍💨 

✅ It can be a 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 during sleep! 🛌 

✅ There are 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐦: tonic and phasic 💪 

✅ 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 can miss the real issues; an in-lab study with a PES might be needed! 🧪

✅ Even kids can brux to help their airway, sometimes caused by 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬! 😬 

✅ 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 can improve bruxism, but watch out for night guards that can make it worse! 🪲 

✅ If your dentist sees dental wear, you might be a bruxer, even if you don't know it! More 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 are also discussed🦷 

✅ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 501(𝘤)3 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 21𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 “𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦: 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘣 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘣” 𝘪𝘯 4/3/2025-4/5/2025.  𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.𝘤𝘰𝘮/.  

𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓: Dr. Jerald H. Simmons, M.D. is Triple Board-Certified by the American Board of Clinical Neurophysiology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, & American Board of Sleep Medicine. He is the Founding-Director of Comprehensive Sleep Medicine Associates, with locations in Texas. Dr. Simmons founded and directed The Sadler Clinic Sleep Disorders Center(s) from 1999-2012. He is also the Founding-Director of the Sleep Education Consortium, Inc., a 501 (c) 3, non-profit organization that focuses on enhancing the education of doctors and the community on sleep disorders. After receiving his Neurology training at Washington University, Barnes Hospital in St. Louis MO in 1990 he went on to obtain fellowship training in Sleep Disorders Medicine at Stanford University Medical Center and then in Neurophysiology and Epilepsy at the University of California, Davis, Department of Neurology, Sacramento CA. On completion of his training he joined the faculty at UCLA and held the positions of Co-Director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center in Los Angeles and Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory, UCLA / Olive View Medical Center Sylmar, California. While there at UCLA he was active in training other physicians in sleep disorders medicine. After six years he transitioned out of UCLA and into his current positions. As a Neurologist, Dr. Simmons treats patients with a wide range of neuro