A lack of sleep could lead to tooth loss, a dental expert warned.
We all have evenings where sleep is difficult or interrupted. Over time, this harms our mental and physical health, and may require help from a medical professional before sleep problems harms your body. The NHS said: "Sleep problems usually sort themselves out within about a month. But longer stretches of bad sleep can start to affect our lives. It can cause extreme tiredness and make usually manageable tasks harder."
A lack of sleep can also be "dangerous" for your mouth by causing tooth grinding, bad breath and bleeding gums and expert has warned. As clocks go back this Sunday, October 30, Dr Khaled Kasem, chief orthodontist at Impress, a leading European orthodontics chain, revealed just how important the extra hour of sleep can be by sharing the common dental problems caused by sleep deprivation.
