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alzheimers and teeth grinding

In responding to a previous question, my 89 year old mother withalzheimer's started grinding her teeth about a year ago. I've found that giving her a piece of gum to chew alleviates the grinding.  She grinds her teeth many different times--I don't feel that it is always stress related..  I have even heard her tell herself to stop! She even grinds her teeth sometimes while she is reading something aloud to herself (can talk and grind at the same time)

Hopefully , chewing gum will alleviate the problems for some others.


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Zoloft and Ambilify are sometimes associated with teeth grinding.  Once my mother-in-law was withdrawn from both, the grinding stopped.  Hope this helps.
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My mother is in the 7th stage of her Alzheimer's and started grinding her teeth on a regular basis but won't allow anything to be put in her mouth like a mouth guard and if we were to try gum she would probably swallow it as she seems to swallow everything that she puts in her mouth these days and we have tried to entertain her at the extended care facility - but her attention span is very short these days.  Any other suggestions????
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My mother is in the 7th stage of her Alzheimer's and started grinding her teeth on a regular basis but won't allow anything to be put in her mouth like a mouth guard and if we were to try gum she would probably swallow it as she seems to swallow everything that she puts in her mouth these days and we have tried to entertain her at the extended care facility - but her attention span is very short these days.  Any other suggestions????
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