How to treat a four-year-old baby grinding his teeth at night

A four-year-old baby can already sleep by himself, and has developed many habits. He lives a relatively independent life, so it is not easy for him to have problems at night. After falling asleep, he tends to kick the quilt, and some will snore or grind their teeth. Snoring is related to the patient's breathing, and the lungs, throat and other parts can be checked. For teeth grinding, you need to pay attention to abdominal parasites, and you can also observe the mouth and other parts. As long as the teeth grinding occurs, you should pay attention to it. So how to treat a four-year-old baby's teeth grinding at night?

The treatment for a four-year-old baby's teeth grinding at night is:

1. Treatment with awakening stimulation during sleep: Through biofeedback, the patient is awakened by electrical signals such as sound when teeth grinding occurs, thereby temporarily stopping teeth grinding. Some researchers have performed temporary afferent electrical stimulation on the lips, and the results showed that it was effective in controlling bruxism. However, this method interferes with the sleep of patients and their cohabitants and is not effective in the long term.

2. Occlusal adjustment treatment: By grinding a small amount of tooth tissue, removing occlusal interference and premature occlusal contact, and establishing an occlusal balance relationship, a physiological balance between the jaw, masticatory muscles, and temporomandibular joint can be achieved, and bruxism can be eliminated. For patients with malocclusion, orthodontics or restoration are performed first. Then take Muyating capsules to regulate the nerves and eliminate bruxism.

3. Intestinal anthelmintic treatment: Ascaricidal treatment can reduce the peristalsis of intestinal parasites and stimulate the intestinal wall. Bruxism caused by roundworms may occur in children for hygiene reasons, but the chance of bruxism caused by roundworms in adolescents and adults is almost non-existent. Therefore, deworming treatments are not effective for adolescents and adults.

4. Occlusal splint treatment: Make a mouth guard, wear it on your jaw before going to bed at night, and remove it in the morning to relieve muscle tension. It is currently the most easily accepted by doctors and patients. It is effective in preventing tooth wear but cannot cure bruxism.

5. Correct bad habits of the dental and maxillofacial system. Such as unilateral chewing, biting pencils, and chewing gum frequently.

6. Drug treatment: The main focus is to try to adjust dentofacial movement disorders and muscle tension disorders.

7. Chinese medicine and diet therapy:

(1) Boil half a catty of fresh wolfberry leaves (with stems first), 20 day lilies (with stems removed), 2-3 candied dates, and 1 pig pancreas into soup.

(2) Eating a piece of raw orange peel or soaking orange peel in water before going to bed every night for 2-3 days can cure children and adults grinding their teeth while sleeping, and is especially effective for early stage teeth grinding.

(3) 1 liang of raw Rehmannia root, 3 qian of Alisma orientalis, 3 qian of roasted liquorice root, 3 qian of black plum, 4 qian of Cornus officinalis, 3 qian of Polygala tenuifolia, 3 qian of Paeonia suffruticosa, 4 qian of Dioscorea batatas, 3 qian of Schisandra chinensis, 5 qian of Cyperus rotundus, 1 liang of Magnetite (pre-boiled), 2 qian of Juncus effusus (lead medicine) (boiled and taken).

How to treat a four-year-old baby who grinds his teeth at night? The above methods are all about treating babies' teeth grinding. The factors that cause children to grind their teeth are complex. Parents can first conduct drug treatment, that is, use anti-parasitic drugs for treatment. After treatment, observe the teeth grinding situation. If there is still no improvement, you can go to the hospital for examination. At this time, the examination that needs to be done is the oral examination to prevent problems with tooth growth. Timely correction can improve the symptoms of teeth grinding.