Old teeth grinding may be related to mental, nerve, jaw relationship and other factors.
1. Mental: Studies have shown that anxiety, depression, fear, anger and other emotions are one of the important factors in the etiology of teeth grinding.
2. Nervous: teeth grinding is related to central nervous system dysfunction, which may be caused by the use of psychotropic drugs such as sedatives or acetylcholine. Schizophrenia, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders may also cause teeth grinding.
3. Dental relationship: Consider that the patient has a dental occlusal relationship disorder, such as inappropriate dentures, long-term missing teeth, uneven wear of both sides of the teeth, and so on.
4. Others: In addition, some patients with periodontitis are prone to teeth grinding. The occurrence of teeth grinding is also related to gastrointestinal dysfunction, sleep ventilation disorder, smoking, alcoholism, blood pressure and other factors.
It is recommended that people who grind their teeth go to the hospital in time to improve the relevant examinations, to clarify the specific causes, if necessary, need to cooperate with the doctor to actively treat and strengthen the management of daily life.