The following are the most important diseases or complications that can be caused by bruxism:
Eyes and eye appendages (H00-H59).
- Visual disturbances
Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).
- Gingival recession (receding gums).
- Gingivitis (inflammation of the gums)
- Periodontal disease (periodontitis)
- Peri-implantitis – progressive inflammation of the bony bearing of a dental implant with peri-implant (“around the implant”) bone loss.
- Pulpitis (inflammation of the dental nerve)
- Cracks in the tooth structure
- Cheek impressions (indentations of the teeth).
- Whitish cornification ridge in the flat surface of the buccal mucosa (planum buccale).
- Root resorption – physiological or pathological (pathological) degradation of root cementum or cementum and dentin in the area of one or more tooth roots, not caused by caries.
- Loss of tooth structure, non-carious (abrasion of teeth/loss of tooth structure caused by friction).
- Tooth loss
- Tongue impressions
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
- Craniomandibular dysfunction (CMD) – term used to describe a variety of disorders of the temporomandibular joints, masticatory system, and tissues associated with them.
- Hypertrophic (strongly pronounced) masticatory muscles.
- Masticatory muscle complaints
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).
- Nausea (sickness)
- Pain
- Vertigo (dizziness)
Further
- Loss of restorative materials of teeth (reconstructions, fillings).
