Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a variety of naturopathic procedures used to treat teeth grinding. Not only do they alleviate the symptoms, but they can also treat the causes of the disease. Homoeopathy is particularly successful in cases of severe psychological and physical stress, such as professional or private stress, restlessness or sleep disorders.
The naturopathic medicines are usually administered in the form of globules (small balls). These consist of sucrose (cane sugar) and contain the respective active ingredient in a certain, highly diluted concentration. They can be taken several times a day as required. The globules are mainly taken before bedtime so that the calming active ingredients can unfold during this time.
Therapy for children
Teeth grinding in children can have different causes depending on their age. Toddlers start grinding when their first milk teeth erupt. On the one hand, this reduces pain during tooth formation and, at the same time, the chewing surfaces of the teeth are abraded so that the upper and lower jaws fit together correctly.
Once all teeth have erupted, infants usually stop grinding and pressing on their own. This is not a pathological grinding. If the symptoms occur more frequently in older children, it is usually due to psychological reasons such as restlessness or stress.
Various types of relaxation exercises have proven to be effective as therapy. They can reduce the predominant symptoms such as headaches, restlessness and muscle pain. In addition, the preparation of an individual crunch splint by the dentist can be useful.
This is mainly worn at night and prevents further damage to the teeth, the jaw joints and the surrounding musculature. Therefore, in the case of children, in addition to the dental treatment, the everyday life circumstances and habits should also be taken into account in the treatment of bruxism.
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