Many children and adults grind their teeth unknowingly during their sleep. It can result in chipped, broken and reduced teeth, loose teeth and receding gums. This article will tell you how to stop the teeth grinding and what vitamin and mineral deficiencies could be to blame. This is sleep bruxism. People who grind or clench their teeth find that it is an involuntary action that they can t control easily.
Some people even grind or clench their teeth during the day.
Many people with bruxism are not aware they have a problem until someone points it out to them. The damage to the teeth often does not show up for several years after the habit starts. It is most common in small children. And this may have some basis in the tooth losing process. When the problem is chronic and the permanent teeth are involved, a dentist will often make a rubber mouthpiece for the sufferer to wear in their sleep that prevents them from grinding their teeth.