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 DEFINITION
One knows like bruxismo the habit of creaking or of pressing the teeth in moments that do not correspond to the masticating of the food, with special frequency during the night sleep.
INCIDENCE
It usually appears in the children of between 4 and 6 years and tends to diminish with the age, later that erupcionan the permanent millstones and the sharp teeth, although he can persist in the adult age. The children and the girls present it equally.
CAUSES
The causes of the bruxismo are not known. It has been attributed to all kinds of disorders, from situations of emotional stress to allergies, nutritional shortcomings, position on having slept and, typically, to parasites, although the relation cause - effect is nonexistent.
CLINIC
Most of the parents detect that the child presents bruxismo because they listen to it in the night; in other occasions it is detected during the pediatric review or for the dentist, for the wear in the dental pieces. Most of the children with bruxismo have neither pain nor inconveniences in the joint of the jaw.
TREATMENT
Since this habit disappears spontaneously with the growth and with the eruption of the permanent teeth, is not indicated any treatment. In the cases that it causes inconveniences or we detect a wear of the teeth we recount them to the odontopediatra. There can be indicated devices of orthodontics of night laying, which protect the teeth of the wear.
In small children, it is recommended to avoid the exhausting exercise and the sudden games, which do not see violent television programs, and a bath in the night them to help to relax, as well as changing them of position while they sleep if it is detected that they are creaking the teeth; with a lot of frequency these measurements tend to control the problem. In the adults there has been tried the hypnotherapy and diverse exercises of relaxation.
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