What makes babies grind their teeth at night? Some attentive mothers will find that their babies grind their teeth after they fall asleep at night. Some parents will promptly treat the doctor, while some parents do not draw much attention to the child’s health damage, and what causes the baby to grind his teeth in his sleep? 1, intestinal parasites Children grinding their teeth at night may be a roundworm in the stomach. Roundworm is a kind of intestinal parasite, mainly parasitic in the human intestine, they are like robbers to seize nutrients, and crazy reproduction growth. The parasites in the intestine secrete toxic substances that cause gastrointestinal diseases such as indigestion in children. Affected by the intra-abdominal parasites, the child’s sleepy eye quality decreases, and he often rolls over and grinds his teeth after falling asleep. If a child grinds his teeth at night, parents can go to the relevant medical institution to check whether the child has been dewormed regularly, and if the time for deworming has passed, it is better to have a medication deworming. Develop the good habit of washing hands regularly and pay more attention to personal cleanliness to reduce the chances of getting infected with worms. 2, eat too much Some children have a poor appetite for breakfast and Chinese food, but they eat especially well at dinner, their stomachs are too full, resulting in restless sleep and teeth grinding at night. Some parents cleverly think that the child in the growth and development period, need more nutrition, in the sleep also give the child additional meals, resulting in the child ate too much indigestion, after falling asleep turned over grinding teeth. Parents should be properly informed about the diet, eat well for breakfast, eat enough for Chinese food and eat less for dinner. If your child is hungry and wants to eat before bedtime, you can give your child some easily digestible porridge or paste, and after your child has eaten, rest for a while before going to bed, do not eat immediately after going to bed. 3, lack of vitamins lack of trace elements and vitamins children will also have the situation of grinding teeth. A common vitamin D deficiency is accompanied by rickets in children. Because of the abnormal metabolism of calcium, phosphorus and other substances in the child’s body, it can lead to calcium deficiency in the growing bones, muscle aches and pains easily, the child is prone to physical incompetence, poor spirit, easy fatigue and other situations. Most of them have night sweats, dream terrors and teeth grinding. If you find that your child has the above phenomena, you should consult a doctor in time, and under the advice of the doctor, give your child the appropriate trace elements, moderate exercise and sunshine to promote the absorption. 4, external factors In addition to the above-mentioned causes of children grinding teeth, there are some other reasons will also lead to children grinding teeth, such as poor sleep posture. Children often sleep with their heads on one side, chewing muscles can be constrained to produce contraction abnormalities and lead to teeth grinding; or children’s teeth are not aligned, chewing muscles ectopic will also lead to children grinding teeth at night; of course, do not exclude children due to poor sleep quality and the occurrence of teeth grinding. When encountering similar situations, parents should help their children to carry out orthodontic treatment in a timely manner, improve the child’s sleep posture and sleep environment, so that the child can sleep in a comfortable environment to reduce the chances of teeth grinding.