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Teeth grind at night
My daughter,12 years grinds her teeth a lot at night during sleep. How can this be cured?
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It would be better to get the teeth checked. Visit an orthodontist in or near your city , if this has been there for more than one month. As this needs checkup and diagnosis. Hope this helped.
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Its important to know the reason why your child grinds her teeth at night first. Most children grind due to stress, anxiety, personality factors such as aggressivity, behavioral problems and hyperactivity, breathing issues, and less frequently due to vitamin D deficiency, low dietary calcium intake, presence of menarche, malocclusion, and oral habits. Based on the cause she would require occlusal splint with or without behaviour therapy.
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Keep a diary to note down when your child grinds her teeth. This will help you discuss how frequently your daughter grinds her teeth with your dentist.
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If left untreated, it could cause tooth fractures, wear and muscle pain and headaches.
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Get dental check up for ur daughter to rule out entire history of cause and Ill effects of grinding she is doin.
Many times better counselling and knowledge provided by your dentist stop this habit completely else if required go for night guard as per requirement/suggestion provided by your dentist..
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Teeth grinding at any age a serious issue. It is more concerning if it happens at such a young age. There are many reasons why a person grinds teeth. They vary from physiological (misaligned teeth ) to psychological and neuroses. You must immediately visit a pedodontist or prosthodontist to get to know better about the condition and how to treat it. There is no one method for complete elimination and treatment generally is multifactorial hence a physical visit to a specialist is necessary
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Yes it can be cured. Consult your near by dentist and Frist of all go for night guard
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grinding of the teeth may be due to incorrect bite or malposition of teeth so you can consult orthodontics and go for ortho treatment ( braces) This is the best age to go for treatment if she need it
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Needs night guard,visit clinic doctor ll fabricate
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Go for occlusion night gaurd
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Hi.
I appreciate you have noticed it,I would suggest you to rule out the cause for it.
Reasons could be:
*Pain (Tooth or ear)which child is trying to suppress
*Vit D deficiency
*Digestive issues
*Stress/Anxiety etc
Grinding may lead to damage of teeth if left untreated.
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Kindly Rule out the cause by your dental surgeon
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Adviced mouth exercise.
Adviced Night guards.
Adviced cold compression to relax muscle before going to sleep
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Many children have the teeth grinding habit which is known as bruxism in medical terms. This condition often gets unnoticed by many parents and hence children end up with this habit even in their adulthood . This condition severely damages the teeth as they are being grinded against each other for long duration and high frequency. Enamel of the teeth is eroded off hence making the teeth more prone to sensitivity .
To prevent this damage to teeth , NIGHTGUARDS are provided by the dentist , which protects the teeth from rubbing off on each other . A proper assessment would help to identify the cause of teeth grinding and we can then work upon it.
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Visit a dentist as soon as possible to receive a nightguard and get a diagnosis done to identify the cause of teeth grinding .
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Do visit a local dentist.
He/she will fabricate a night guard.
It will help you.
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Hi yes many kids have teeth grinding but this condition fails to get identified or diagnosed at a very young age.
It's very good that you noticed.
Since she's young this can definitely be taken care off.
To start with take her to a dentist after thorough examination they may advise a NIGHTGUARD which will minimise the effects of grinding.
Also after an assessment we can identify the cause and work on that as well.
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Visit the dentist and get the needful done.
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Dr. Nysha Garg
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Hello,
Your dentist can give her a night guard which will help her from further grinding her teeth at night.
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need to visit the dentist and get it resolved
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