Ever bite yourself inside your mouth while enjoying a meal!

[fancicoffee13]

I have done this and do not know how to stop it. I slow down, chew more consciously, then one day, it happens again!!! OUCH!!!!! I was just eating a buttery biscuit and anything with butter is just really delicious! Then, I bit the front side of my tongue!!!!! OUCH! Again! Oh, please someone help me. I don't do it real often, but about the time you can enjoy something, pow! Most of the time, I can enjoy a meal or snack without an event. Nothing severe ever happens. Kind of like being a senior, surprises happen.

 

[RadishRose]

I don't think I have, at least not that I can remember.

Maybe you have a chipped tooth that happened unbeknownst to you? Hope you can get this under control.

 

[fancicoffee13]

I don't think I have, at least not that I can remember.

Maybe you have a chipped tooth that happened unbeknownst to you? Hope you can get this under control.

Hadn't thought of that. Thank you.

 

[Nathan]

Let's see, babies start teething around 6 months of age, I'm going to be 72 in 5 months, so I'd say I've been biting parts of the inside of my mouth for the last...71 years.

 

[fancicoffee13]

Let's see, babies start teething around 6 months of age, I'm going to be 72 in 5 months, so I'd say I've been biting parts of the inside of my mouth for the last...71 years.

Well, this accident is something that gets your attention really quick. Not just a little bite. It was bleeding. I stopped eating and rinsed out my mouth with cold water.

 

[Nathan]

Oh yea, I've done some doozies myself.

 

[Remy]

Very rare for me to bite the inside of my mouth but I'm sorry this is happening to you a bit more frequently.

 

[Michael Z]

Happens fairly often. More often with something with a lot of vinegar. The bit part swells a little making it more likely to get bit again. So it goes in streaks.

 

[hawkdon]

I've done this also, many times over last few years, nev er drew
blood, but it sure does not feel good......

 

[PeppermintPatty]

From time to time I bite the inside of my mouth. I use a salt water rinse to heal it quickly

 

[Timewise 60+]

Oh yea, I've done some doozies myself.

Yep, me too...not often, but I do it sometimes. I know to slow down when I do it...

 

[Brookswood]

All too often. Sometimes I bite my tongue.

 

[TC Steve]

Yes. I bite the inside of my lower lip way to often. My daughter does too.

 

[Lara]

It happened to me at times so I asked my dentist about it. He asked if I grind my teeth at night. I said I don't recall. He said he could make some type of apparatus like a retainer or something to wear in my mouth just at night. This was a long time ago so I don't know what he called it.

I said no ty, I would just try to relax more and pray for relaxing dreams. Some of my dreams were stressful. I remember I was often lost trying to find my way. Plus I left my stressful job. Retired. It worked for me.

 

[fancicoffee13]

Very rare for me to bite the inside of my mouth but I'm sorry this is happening to you a bit more frequently.

Thank you for the sympathies.

 

[fancicoffee13]

All too often. Sometimes I bite my tongue.

Yes, it is not fun.

 

[fancicoffee13]

Yep, me too...not often, but I do it sometimes. I know to slow down when I do it...

Yes, I slow down also. Pay alot more attention to what I'm doing also.

 

[fancicoffee13]

Happens fairly often. More often with something with a lot of vinegar. The bit part swells a little making it more likely to get bit again. So it goes in streaks.

Are you saying something with vinegar in it will cause this?

 

[dilettante]

I figured my cheeks were getting just as fat on the inside.

Oh wait, I'm sure your situation is entirely different!

 

[jlhog]

I do that fairly often. Not sure why.

 

[Jules]

It happens once in a blue moon. Ouch.

 

[Pinky]

I have done that on occasion .. ouch! ouch! ouch!

 

[jujube]

Yes, indeed. Like you, more so recently. I wonder if my teeth are shifting a little.

 

[Bella]

It happened to me at times so I asked my dentist about it. He asked if I grind my teeth at night. I said I don't recall. He said he could make some type of apparatus like a retainer or something to wear in my mouth just at night. This was a long time ago so I don't know what he called it.

I said no ty, I would just try to relax more and pray for relaxing dreams. Some of my dreams were stressful. I remember I was often lost trying to find my way. Plus I left my stressful job. Retired. It worked for me.

Grinding or clenching your teeth, is called bruxism. Dentists recommend mouth guards or night guards (intraoral appliances) to help limit overnight grinding and clenching and their associated consequences. Using a mouth guard separates teeth and prevents tooth damage and may reduce muscle activity due to grinding and clenching.


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[Lara]

Thank you, Bella, for clarifying that for everyone. It's an option. I saw $$$ when my dentist suggested the "mouthguard". Thankfully, reducing stress worked for me and didn't cost me anything. Never had tooth damage either...but my case may have been mild.