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Q: Hurting His Teeth

asked by: redxhead on September 10th, 2006

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:shock: help, my son is 16 months old and he loves to grind his teeth together. He bites down on them so hard he makes a noise. This is not when he is sleeping. How can I get him to stop doing this...I dont want him to chip a tooth especially when they are all just coming in. I think that he is doing it because I have told him not too. Is this common or is my son the only one?

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Tazzy D

replied on September 10th, 2006

Advanced Support Team

Alot of children grind there teeth. Just dont say anything to him because then it becomes funny. Eventually he will grow out of it."hopefully"
if you are very concerned or if it is reaaly bad talk to you peds. Doc. And ask some suggestions. My son grew out of it all by himself.. Good luck to you

redxhead

replied on September 10th, 2006

New User

I will try to ignore it...Thanks for your help

stephanie24

replied on September 20th, 2006

Experienced User

This may or may not help but my brother did the same thing when he was small. My mother made an oral contraption and told him he'd have to wear it if he didn't stop. May not be cool anymore to do this, but sometimes fear factor works!

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