Dentist visit

I had an appointment to get a filling done yesterday. The dentist also fixed up my bite guard so it's a full upper guard (covers all teeth) and has the ramp like the NTI guards have. So now, no headaches in the morning from grinding my teeth!

While he was working on my teeth, I remember hearing him say "don't fall asleep now" to me. I knew I was feeling drowsy (overcast day, laying down with my eyes closed, classical music in the office), but didn't realize it was that close to napping.

He also mentioned that I am likely a delta cycle grinder, which is impressive but also probably damaging than if I ground my teeth at some other point in the sleep cycle.

Delta sleep is our deepest sleep, the point when our brain waves are least like waking. Consequently, it is most difficult stage in which to wake sleepers, and when they are awakened they are usually sleepy and disoriented. Interestingly, delta sleep is when sleep walking and sleep talking is most likely to occur.

I'm wondering if a sleep study might be a good thing at this point, to confirm this.

Mostly I wish I could figure out how to not do this.