Teeth Grinding

[heutistmeintag]

There's a Q&A in the newspaper (Mind and Body or sth like that) today on teeth grinding.

[Luvkid]

[Moderator's note: Topics merged.]


Hi,

Anyone encounter with young kids having teeth grinding??

Recently noticed that my ds is grinding his teeth during his sleep. Not really bad, but the grinding sound can be heard. Told my dh about son having this problem, he told me \"not first time liao lor\" :rant: As if no bother him at all!

Is it ok/harmful for young kid to have this problem? Could he be under too much stress (for preparation SA)? Any cure to this? Or just leave it?

So far i noticed ds teeth grinding once only, cos i am a deep sleeper. In fact on that night, i can't even get myself out of the bed to look at him. Me simply :love: being with ZHOU GONG......

[smurf]

grind teeth still ok. my boy sleepwalk. quite dangerous I feel.


some said teeth grinding is due to heatiness in the body. some said due to stress or teeth alignment. to be sure it doesn’t cause any problem, bring him see a dentist.

[Luvkid]

smurf:

grind teeth still ok. my boy sleepwalk. quite dangerous I feel.


some said teeth grinding is due to heatiness in the body. some said due to stress or teeth alignment. to be sure it doesn't cause any problem, bring him see a dentist.

Sleepwalking is really dangerous. U can't sleep deeply, i guess?

Thanks to yr suggestion, will try to monitor ds more often since now has been free from stress. Problem lies on me, :love: :love: sleep soooooo much....

[jedamum]

Luvkid:

Anyone encounter with young kids having teeth grinding??

Hi Luvkid,
You must have missed http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1185&start=0...

[smurf]

no problem. I presume he is 7 year old? by then, shouldn't be because of baby teeth bah, as wat some dentists said (they said because baby teeth are not proper teeth, so grind teeth is normal). more likely is teeth misalignment or some other issues.


hmm, for my boy, I cant't sleep very tight, cos worry for him. once he sleepwalk, came out from the room, and push the wall like pushing door. he continued doing that until I intervented and stopped him. brought him back to his mattress.

[smurf]

so far he sleepwalked twice only (as far as I know la). once was the above incident, the other I can't remember. but it's only like in the recent months, so I didn't really seek medical help yet. will continue to monitor lor. if problem persists, will bring him see dr. but I see improvement in his behaviour recently after changing the way I talk to him (*cross finger*).

[Luvkid]

jedamum:

Hi Luvkid,

You must have missed http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1185&start=0...

Ya, was searching for this issue last nite, didn't really search well. Will read thru the previous post.

Thanks, chief for merging with the previous thread.

[Luvkid]

smurf:

no problem. I presume he is 7 year old? by then, shouldn't be because of baby teeth bah, as wat some dentists said (they said because baby teeth are not proper teeth, so grind teeth is normal). more likely is teeth misalignment or some other issues.

Ya, my boy at 7. His 6 to 7 baby tooth has been replacing by his permanent tooth, though 1 or 2 are yet to erupted.

smurf, u ought to watch closely for your boy's case.

[hairuliza]

So if my hubby grinds his teeth when he sleeps, can I safely assume that it's because of his misaligned teeth instead of some other health-related issue?


Maybe can coax him to wear braces now...