The Weekly Grind
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Our Stress-Minimizing Shopping Tips This Holiday Season
A little bit of smart advance planning coupled with self-care and thoughtful practices can ensure that your holiday shopping experience is short on anxiety, and bountiful in healthy practices – both physical and mental. Here are a few guidelines you can follow...
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The Stress-Free Upsides of A Socially Distanced Thanksgiving
In prior years, avoiding family and the whirlwind of cooking all day sounded like a dream at times. Though most of us have been separated from loved ones so much already this year, having to forgo holiday gatherings feels like an additional stressor when in fact, socially-distanced Thanksgiving festivities presents a ton of opportunities to do something different, be inventive and make lemonade out of lemons. Here are some ideas to get you started... -
Your Teeth Are Important! And So Are Your Gums...
Though the most direct stress created by bruxism lands on the surfaces of your teeth, it is important to understand that your gums need to also be healthy if you are treating your grinding and clenching habits. Your teeth rely on having a sturdy foundation to support them, which is where maintaining great health for your gums is paramount. So here are the key tips to ensuring that your gums are healthy and happy... -
Five Hobbies To Give You Focus and Reduce Stress
Finding hobbies that occupy one's focus and deliver a sense of accomplishment and positive reinforcement can be so helpful during stressful times. With many activities still off limits as we practice social distancing, having a hobby that you enjoy can not only provide a way for folks with awake bruxism to divert their exacerbating mental stresses into a practical activity, but some can also provide opportunities to bring family and loved ones together. Here are five to consider... -
Why Bruxism?: Identifying Some Common Risk Factors
At the end of the day, bruxism is one of many medical conditions that doctors are unable to point a cause of with any specificity. Rather over decades of study, there have been certain factors that crop up with regularity amongst those who grind and clench their teeth that are believed to put certain people at higher risk for having bruxism. -
Tips On Talking – Or Not Talking! – Through Your Stress
Here at ClearClub, we believe in a multi-tiered approach to treating conditions like bruxism. Using a dental guard is of course the most important step to preventing grinding and clenching, but having other methods to supplement it for reducing stress are also useful. We have a short list of recommendations; two involve talking, and two involve focusing on your body and being present... -
How To Take A Great Impression... Now With Photos!
The majority of completed impressions that we receive from our customers for modeling their guards are perfectly made – and each of our customers make their own impression at home. For those who have had some issues or stumbled onto common mistakes, however, we’re always happy to send a replacement kit; that said, we thought it might be helpful to do a blog post with some images alongside our directions! -
Coloriffic!: ClearClub's New Squad of Multi-Colored Guards
We loved the feedback that we got on our initial multi-color offering, The Dynamic Duo (Fortune and Pepper), and we knew that a good number of our customers were still looking for something that was just a little more uniquely them. Which is all to say that we're very excited to share these new shades of guards, and we definitely did not hold back on the color explosion this time! -
The Science Behind a Smelly Dental Guard
Unsurprisingly, the same forces are at work making your dental guard smell bad as those behind that old standby, halitosis – a.k.a. bad breath. Let's talk a little bit about what's going on inside your mouth and the ways that you can protect your guard, just as you would your teeth and your overall oral health. -
Brushing Tips To Improve Your Dental Hygiene Game
You may be someone who ensures daily that they take time out of their regular routine to brush – even on your lunch breaks at work – and yet, there may be one or two things you can do to ensure an even better, more thorough brushing technique that will help keep your teeth and gums at their healthiest. Here are some tips we've gathered that you should keep in mind... -
POW! ClearClub Introduces: The Dynamic Duo!
We told you we had more color action on the way! Today we're very excited at ClearClub to introduce you to the next release in our series of colored dental guards: A two-tone pair of styles we're calling The Dynamic Duo! -
Seven More Hacks For Managing Stress (And Bruxism, Too)
There are many proven ways that relaxing your mind and body can work wonders for alleviating anxiety and stress. Here are seven of the most useful...
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