Many parents and friends sleep in the same room or bed with their children, and some parents have shallow sleep and often hear their children grinding their teeth while sleeping at night. This situation needs to be taken seriously. So, what causes children to grind their teeth while sleeping? Here are five reasons why children grind their teeth while sleeping.
1. Intestinal parasitic disease
The toxins produced by roundworms stimulate the intestines, accelerating intestinal peristalsis, causing indigestion, pain around the navel, and restless sleep; If the toxin stimulates the nerves, causing them to become excited and leading to tooth grinding. Similarly, pinworms can secrete toxins and cause anal itching, affecting children's sleep and making grinding sounds. Most parents believe that the culprit of grinding teeth is parasites, but in recent years, due to improved hygiene habits and conditions, grinding teeth caused by parasites have been relegated to a secondary position.
2. Digestive dysfunction
Children who overeat at night accumulate a lot of food in their intestines when they fall asleep, forcing their gastrointestinal tract to work overtime. Due to the heavy burden, it can cause involuntary grinding of teeth while sleeping.
3. Nutritional imbalance
Some children have a picky eating habit, especially not liking vegetables, which leads to a nutritional imbalance and a lack of calcium, phosphorus, various vitamins, and trace elements, causing involuntary contraction of facial chewing muscles at night and causing teeth to grind back and forth.
4. Tooth growth and development disorders
During tooth replacement, if a child suffers from rickets, malnutrition, congenital individual tooth loss, etc., which leads to poor tooth development, uneven occlusal surfaces may occur when the upper and lower teeth come into contact, which is also a cause of nighttime grinding.
5. Excessive mental tension
Many children watch thrilling fight TV shows at night, play excessively before going to bed, and mental stress can also cause grinding teeth. If someone is scolded by their parents for a long time due to something, it can cause depression, anxiety, and unease, which is also an important reason for grinding teeth at night.
What causes children to grind their teeth while sleeping? It is mainly related to five major reasons, namely intestinal parasitic diseases, digestive disorders, nutritional imbalance, poor tooth growth and development, and excessive mental stress. When a child is found to be grinding teeth while sleeping, it is recommended to take the child to the hospital for examination, so as to effectively solve the problem of grinding teeth while sleeping.
