A constant squeaking sound awakes you and you notice it comes from the room of your child. You stumble over to your childs room where you see his or her jaw is clenched and they are currently grinding teeth in sleep. No matter how much you want to make your child stop grinding, you don’t want to bother his sleep; this puts you in a spot wherein you don’t know what to do.
Do not worry as their are professionals that are qualified to treat your childs grinding teeth at night. Something to help put the parents at ease is that the most common age is 5-7 and bruxism will usually be outgrown. There are some cases however where a child will continue to grind their teeth even as they get older and grow into adults. Teeth grinding in children might be a common condition, but despite this, experts are still not sure about the causes behind the disorder. Almost all bruxism cases can be succesfully treated when doing the right things however there are some cases where treatment just does not work.
Ok so now what, I know my child grinds her teeth but where do I go from here? Once you learn about it, visit your dentist, he knows your mouth more than you do and will know how to treat the condition. Experts believe that one of the main causes of teeth grinding in children is the abnormal growth of milk teeth. The abnormal growth of teeth makes them not line up quite right. The non matching up teeth tend to clench and grind together. . In children that still have thier milk teeth there is no need to worry about it but if you child has her permanent teeth you will need to visit your doctor sooner rather than later.
Although how to stop grinding teeth is a hard question to answer there are some good bruxism treatments out there.
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