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Teeth grinding

Elsie77

Hello,

my son has recently been diagnosed with autism. He is 7. He has been grinding his teeth in his sleep since he was very little. The dentist assured me he would grow out of it (pre-diagnosis) but he now has some of his big teeth and I am really worried about him doing permanent damage. 

Does anyone have experience of this/any tips on how to help him? I was told by our dentist that he is too young for night mouth guards because he is growing still and his adult teeth are still coming through so a guard could be damaging.

Thank you 

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  • I was diagnosed two years ago, i am now 51. I have managed to grind and "chew" my way through 2 normal tooth guards and now just started a hole in my 3rd extra thick guard. Sometimes i take a night without wearing it, but most nights suffer this, and wake up with "sore" teeth so know i have been grinding away in my sleep. It is interesting to see this is yet another aspect of autism? I have multiple crowns through the damage of grinding. I was only given a guard 5yrs ago.

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  • I was diagnosed two years ago, i am now 51. I have managed to grind and "chew" my way through 2 normal tooth guards and now just started a hole in my 3rd extra thick guard. Sometimes i take a night without wearing it, but most nights suffer this, and wake up with "sore" teeth so know i have been grinding away in my sleep. It is interesting to see this is yet another aspect of autism? I have multiple crowns through the damage of grinding. I was only given a guard 5yrs ago.

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