Read More: How Depression Can Affect Dental Hygiene Chronic clenching can also lead to receding gums—which ... First, he says, gently slide your lower jaw forward and hold for 10 seconds ...

Here’s what I do when stress descends: I breathe more shallowly, my shoulders hunch, and my jaw clenches ... I was a bit cavalier about my gums receding in all honesty, thinking it would ...