Children Who Grind Their Teeth Are More Likely To Have Problems In School, Be Withdrawn

Tooth grinding has an association with pre-school performance when withdrawn behavior is present, according to a research abstract presented on Tuesday at SLEEP 2008, the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS).The study focused on 1,956 pre-schoolers, whose low-income parents completed a questionnaire that included frequency of tooth grinding during sleep.According to the results, 36.

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Filed under: Pediatrics on June 11th, 2008