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Question: My son grinds his teeth while he's asleep. we've already taken him to a doc and they say it's fine, but it doesn't "sound" fine. i don't like giving him any type of sugar or caffeine, what causes such a tendency?

Answers:
It's called "Bruxism". Here's a Google search on it.

http://www.google.com/search?q=bruxism&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

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It's normal. Sugar of Caffeine won't make this occur. If your son has permanent adult teeth then I would buy him a mouth piece (a rubber piece that keeps the teeth from breaking - mostly used when fighting). If your son has his baby teeth then I wouldn't worry. They usually grow out of it.

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