{"id":61,"date":"2010-04-09T16:38:25","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T21:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.canzoneridentistry.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2016-07-22T10:16:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T15:16:47","slug":"teeth-grinding-in-toddlers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canzoneridentistry.com\/blog\/teeth-grinding-in-toddlers\/","title":{"rendered":"Teeth Grinding in Toddlers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being the father of four children I can tell you first hand that the noise of a child grinding their teeth is like the sound of dragging your nails on a chalk board!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Teeth grinding or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canzoneridentistry.com\/services.html\">bruxism<\/a> is surprisingly common in children under five years of age. About 38 % of children grind their teeth, according to a 2005\u00a0 study in the Journal of Dentistry for Children.\u00a0 Children can start grinding at around the age of 3 or 3 \u00bd\u00a0 years of age.\u00a0 Usually a toddler will stop grinding her teeth by the age of six.\u00a0 Although no one knows for sure what causes it, some possible culprits are stress, pain associated with teething, earache pain, improper alignment of the teeth and or jaw and allergies.\u00a0 \u00a0In most\u00a0 cases teeth grinding in a toddler is not harmful and\u00a0 is not anything to be to concerned about.\u00a0 If a parent is concerned or a child complains of pain during the day contact a dentist.\u00a0 The dentist will check for potential problems such as cavities, fractured teeth, swollen gums and other possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canzoneridentistry.com\/services.html\">dental concerns.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although the noise of a toddler grinding their teeth is traumatizing to their parents ears, a vast majority stop grinding on their own within just a few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being the father of four children I can tell you first hand that the noise of a child grinding their teeth is like the sound of dragging your nails on a chalk board!\u00a0\u00a0 Teeth grinding or bruxism is surprisingly common in children under five years of age. 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