 [ Symptoms ] my dentist says that i have small chips in my teeth caused by grinding my teeth at night could this be true [ Disease ] yes it can we see it all the time grinding is a slow insidious process that will frequently show up as small chips in the teeth but can later break teeth andor wear them until they are much smaller some patients end up having their entire mouths restored when the problem could have been solved much earlier and much simpler with a night guard appliance and conservative treatment