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| 138.1 | Makes Me Cringe! | BUSY::DKHAN | | Mon Jul 16 1990 14:45 | 9 |
| Both my kids did this. I assumed it was because the teeth are so
razor-like, and they instictually grind them to smooth them out.
Also, I think they like the feel of the teeth. It's a new sensation.
They have to try them out to see what they can do.
I never worried about it. I hate the sound though...it's like
fingernails on a blackboard!
Dot
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| 138.2 | | FDCV07::HSCOTT | Lynn Hanley-Scott | Mon Jul 16 1990 15:08 | 4 |
| I think they like the sound of it! Ryan did it when his upper and
lower front teeth came in. It soon stopped - probably the novelty wore
off!
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| 138.3 | Ouch, MY teeth hurts! | HPSCAD::DJENSEN | | Mon Jul 16 1990 15:23 | 13 |
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Ditto, Ditto (Dot's response) ...
JA started when she, too, had two uppers and two lowers. She's now got
eight teeth and still grinds (although not NEAR as much!). It tenses
me to hear her doing it, so I usually toss her a frozen teething ring
(or try to distract her). The only time I find the strength to
"grin and bear" is when she's happily playing in her playpen ...
then I try to turn on my "deaf" ears ... Ouch!, hurts MY teeth to
think about it!
Dottie
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| 138.4 | Dentists told me ..... | MCIS2::WALTON | | Mon Jul 16 1990 15:24 | 7 |
| Well, I called my dentist when Robby did this (he was loud enough to
wake me up in the night). Doc told me that they do it for the same
reasons adults do it, it is a tension reducing mechanism of the
sub-consious. He said it is usually in evidence (if you get it at all)
during developmental "milestones").
Sue
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| 138.5 | it is bothersome! | BTOVT::COX | | Wed Jul 18 1990 10:56 | 8 |
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My son Joshua also did this when he got his upper and lower front
teeth. My only comment is try not to make a big deal about it,
the more you let them know that it really bothers you the more most
kids keep on doing it.
Tina
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| 138.6 | They can grind their teeth down... | DSSDEV::STEGNER | | Wed Jul 18 1990 13:38 | 11 |
| When Number 2 first went to the dentist, we discovered that he must
have been grinding his teeth in his sleep, because he managed to
grind his front two teeth down.... We never heard him do it, so he
must've done it at night. It's not noticeable to anyone but a
dentist.
Number 3 started grinding for a while when his top two teeth finally
broke through. (He'd been working at them for months). He stopped
"crunching" within a week. Thank goodness! Sounded like he was
chewing rocks! :-)
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