Rochelle G.Lindemeyer, DMD, is director of the Pediatric Dental Residency Program and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in Philadelphia. She is also an attending dentist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. In May 2010, Lindemeyerpresented a lecture on bruxism in children at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s Annual Session.
Research on the etiology of bruxism is mixed and the prevailing treatment of bruxism in children is “wait and see.” This overview sheds some much-needed light on this common problem.