What causes children to grind their teeth?

Children's teeth grinding is a problem that will occur during the children's growth stage. It is also one of the issues that many parents are concerned about. Only by correctly understanding the reasons that cause such symptoms in children can we better deal with this problem. Children's physical constitutions are different, but when the same symptoms appear, it means that this is a problem that many children will have, so solving the problem becomes something that parents need to be clear about.

There are many kinds of problems that children will encounter during their developmental stage. Generally, it is necessary to understand what kind of situation the child will encounter at this stage before it occurs, because only in this way can timely treatment be provided when it occurs. It is necessary to prevent diseases and bad habits in advance, because only in this way can they be better treated. So what causes children to grind their teeth?

Common causes

1. Intestinal parasitic diseases, especially intestinal ascariasis, are quite common in children;

2. Gastrointestinal diseases and oral diseases;

3. Feeding children with indigestible food before going to bed may stimulate the corresponding part of the brain after the baby falls asleep, causing the chewing muscles to continue to contract through the nerves;

4. Nervous system diseases, such as psychomotor epilepsy, hysteria, etc.;

5. Mental factors such as children being emotionally excited, overly tired or emotionally nervous during the day.

6. If a child's head often tilts to one side when sleeping, it will cause incoordination of the chewing muscles, causing abnormal contraction of the chewing muscles on the compressed side, resulting in bruxism. If children sleep with their heads covered at night, they will accumulate too much carbon dioxide and have insufficient oxygen supply.[2]

Causes teeth grinding.

7. Excessive use of the chewing muscles or chewing with one side of the teeth for a long time, as well as poor tooth occlusion, can cause temporomandibular joint dysfunction and cause bruxism at night. Moreover, children with irregular teeth often have abnormal positions of their chewing muscles. When they sleep at night, their chewing muscles often contract unconsciously, causing bruxism.

8. Children with rickets will suffer from bone decalcification, muscle soreness and autonomic nervous system disorders due to calcium and phosphorus metabolism disorders in the body. They will often experience excessive sweating, night terrors, irritability and teeth grinding while sleeping.

It can be seen from this that bruxism is basically caused by some kind of disease. Some children have been grinding their teeth for a long time. Although they have received corresponding treatment, the cerebral cortex has formed a strong conditioned reflex, so the bruxism action at night will not disappear immediately. In particular, although gastrointestinal diseases have improved, gastrointestinal dysfunction still exists. Therefore, the bruxism action cannot be corrected in a short period of time, and a longer period of treatment must be persisted to achieve improvement.

The above describes the types of reasons why children grind their teeth. Some of them are due to parasites in their bodies. From this point of view, vaccination is also very important. Another reason is that some babies eat food before going to bed, which can also cause teeth grinding problems. When some children lack the nutrient element calcium in their bodies, it may also cause children to grind their teeth.