A surprising, newer treatment for bruxism is Botox, where the neurotoxic protein is injected into the temporal and masseter muscles in the jaw.

A report based off a small sample in the journal Neurology found that subjects given Botox versus a placebo for bruxism found their symptoms โ€œvery much improvedโ€ or โ€œmuch improved.โ€

Botox blocks nerve signals to the muscle where itโ€™s injected, so the muscle relaxes or, depending on how much botox is used, stops contracting.