I Got Masseter Botox to Stop Grinding My Teeth

There are also mouth guards, which dentists love to suggest almost as much as I hate wearing them.

I cried) and subsequently fixed the problem in a single Botox session, I leaned in closer.

“Tell me everything,” I said in awe.

And the National Institutes of Health iscurrently still working ona five-year study of the risks.)

(Of course, you should always talk to your doctor about whats right for you.)

How does masseter Botox work?

Masseter Botox

Sarah Wu

The procedure as a whole was fairly quick.

There are four Botox injections total, two on each side, directed straight into your masseter jaw muscles.

Botox works by decreasing the nerve signals to the muscle, he says.

For the masseter, this results in decreased bulk of the muscle and a more defined jawline.

This can cause asymmetry in the jaw.

If you suffer from a clenched jaw or bruxism, youre an especially good candidate for masseter Botox treatment.

We then repeated the process on the other side.

I would love to report more details about this procedure, but that was the end of it.

There was no swelling, no pain, no need to ice-pack the injection site.

“Its not filler, which has an immediate effect,” says Golueke.

When youre not able to use it as strongly, clenching is reduced.

However, this is unusual.

Also, the masseter pulls the jaw up and down for chewing.

There are deeper muscles that move the jaw from side to side.

Botox is generally administered in units.

For masseter Botox, the starting dose is 20 to 30 units per side, Shafer says.

Offices range in price from $15 to $30 per unit.

However, he cautions that all injectors are not the same and to be wary of penny-pinching.

Choosing your injector or office based on price savings never ends well.

Shafer says that most patients get their follow-up dose every four months.

It’s important to get the next dose before the previous dose is completely gone, he says.