Keep popping out filling

I scheduled an appointment with the dentist today because last night I
popped out one of my fillings sometime during the night.

This particular filling I've dislodged once before, I'm averaging about 3
years per refill. Its a composite, at the gumline, on the front surface of
the canine - right where the canine curves down under the gumline.

I take this to be my punishment for years of neglecting my teeth, but I'm
getting tired of having to go in to replace that filling. I wear my
nightguard religiously at night, I know that I'm pretty well chowing down on
it when I sleep lately, my teeth along the jawline all are sore and cold
sensitive.

Basically my dentist described it as I'm grinding my teeth with such force
that the teeth are flexing ever so much and this force is breaking the bond
with the filling. I mentioned whether there are better options over a
nightguard - which doesn't seem to help, hinting at an NTI or similar
device, he shook his head indicating that he felt the NTIs had their own set
of problems and weren't worth it.

Is this just something that I'm gonna have to deal with? My assumption is
that stress is causing the excessive grinding of my teeth, I've been under a
lot of it lately.

Well until it gets put back in I'm stuck with a small chip in my tooth below
the gumline - drink another lukewarm water for me guys!


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