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Does Anyone Have A Loved One That Grinds Teeth. My Mother Has Started Doing This In Last Few Weeks.

A myALZteam Member asked a question 💭
Mildura, AU

We ask her to stop but she doesn’t realize she is doing it or how to stop. Has anyone had this same problem? Any suggestions?

February 1, 2018
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A myALZteam Member

Yes my mum does. It is a stress reaction . I jokingly say you won’t have any teeth left to eat my cakes! But she usually forgets. She will then go onto picking her skin till it bleeds . And the ripping her nails off. She has had fiddle things. Worry beads to keep fingers active . But then she puts them down and forgets ! She’s told me she get nervous because she is confused and doesn’t always know where she is . Just different idiocyncrosis from this slow dibilitating condition

February 14, 2018
A myALZteam Member

Can you imagine how frightened she must be? Hold her a little tighter.

February 18, 2018
A myALZteam Member

I think it is a stress thing.....I used t grind my teeth in my sleep. Dentist says it is stress.

February 2, 2018
A myALZteam Member

I also used to grind my teeth, but quit after I retired. My mom had never done it until recently. I think it is stress too. Although she has dentures and I did not.

February 4, 2018
A myALZteam Member

Check out a good dentist. Also could be a nervous condition, I used to. Grind my teeth all rhe time

February 2, 2018

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