We often hear children grinding their teeth while sleeping. How do molars appear? In fact, grinding teeth is caused by the continuous contraction of the chewing muscles, and the movement of the chewing muscles is innervated by the trigeminal nerve. Any factor that can affect the trigeminal nerve and chewing muscles can cause sleep grinding teeth. Children grind their teeth during sleep for the following reasons:
1. Lack of Vitamin D
Children grinding their teeth may be related to a lack of vitamin D, as a lack of vitamin D can cause calcium deficiency, leading to metabolic disorders of phosphorus. This can make children very restless when they sleep, or grind their teeth, and even develop rickets. Therefore, parents should timely supplement their children with more vitamin D, often take them outdoors to bask in the sun, promote calcium absorption, and reduce the problem of grinding teeth.
2. There are roundworms in the stomach
If a child has roundworms in their stomach, it can also cause bruxism, because roundworms will crawl into the child's anal opening and bite after the child is asleep, which can cause the child to sleep very uneasily and cause bruxism. At this time, it is necessary to help the child drive roundworms in a timely manner, such as buying roundworm medicine to take, which can also improve the bruxism condition.
3. Psychological factors
Grinding teeth in children may be related to psychological factors, such as watching a movie before going to bed that causes abnormal excitement or extreme anger due to certain things, which can also lead to grinding teeth while sleeping. Therefore, before the child goes to bed, it is important to calm their mood and prevent grinding teeth.
4. Wrong sleeping posture
If a child sleeps in the wrong position or covers their head with a blanket, it can also cause grinding of teeth. Therefore, parents should help their child adjust their sleeping posture during sleep. This not only prevents the child from grinding teeth, but also allows them to have better sleep.
5. Indigestion
If a baby eats too much at night or eats before bedtime, it will put too much burden on the digestive system, causing the gastrointestinal tract to continue to function after the body falls asleep. The chewing muscles that move together will also cause the baby to grind their teeth.
6. Occlusion disorders
After the coordination of the chewing organs is disrupted by bite disorders, the body will eliminate bite disorders by grinding the teeth.
Grinding teeth can damage enamel, cause dentin hypersensitivity, and lead to toothache when stimulated. In addition, eating and speaking can cause jaw joint and local muscle soreness, affecting quality of life. Long term grinding of teeth can also affect sleep. Before going to bed, avoid stimulating foods or applying hot compress to the upper and lower jaws to relax the bite muscles.
