Causes and treatment of children's teeth grinding at night

Many young parents will find that their babies grind their teeth while sleeping. Do they think that the child is frightened or is it because of some other reason but is it not the case? The next few articles will explain to you why children grind their teeth while sleeping at night. In fact, this is caused by a lack of elements.

Children sometimes grind their teeth unconsciously during sleep, which usually happens when they fall asleep after a full meal or when they are overexcited. After a full meal, a large amount of undigested food accumulates in the gastrointestinal tract, which causes the child's entire digestive system to continue working after falling asleep. This ensures that the continuous activities of digestion and absorption in the body continue to drive the child's chewing muscles, resulting in bruxism after falling asleep. In addition, children may also grind their teeth in their sleep after being too excited.

In addition to the above reasons, if children often grind their teeth, have parasitic diseases and rickets, these are also reasons why children often grind their teeth.

Ascaris is a parasite that lives in the human intestine. While absorbing nutrients, it also secretes toxins, irritates the intestinal wall, and causes abdominal pain, irritability, and teeth grinding at night. Therefore, parents should give their children anthelmintics under the advice of a doctor.

In addition, children with rickets suffer from vitamin D deficiency and poor absorption of the mineral calcium. As a result, children not only develop skeletal symptoms such as square head, flared lower ribs, and pigeon chest during their growth period, but also neurological symptoms such as excessive sweating, night terrors, and irritability. Nighttime bruxism is also one of the symptoms. Should be treated promptly.

Based on the above understanding, regarding children grinding their teeth while sleeping at night, in daily life, it is recommended that everyone pay attention to the balanced nutrition of children, because teeth grinding may be caused by lack of elements or calcium in children. Don't be too nervous, and pay attention to your children's diet.