Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The habitual, involuntary grinding or clenching of the teeth, usually during sleep.
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- noun The habit or practice of
grinding of theteeth , as while sleeping, or due tostress or certaindrugs .
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- noun involuntarily or unconsciously clenching or grinding the teeth, typically during sleep
Etymologies
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Examples
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While most people clench or grind their teeth (a condition known as bruxism) from time to time, about 10% suffer from TMJ problems -- and those can set in suddenly.
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Grinding of the teeth and clenching of the jaws during sleep, otherwise known as bruxism, is a common condition for adults who want to release tension.
Article Ace 2010
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Clenching and grinding, also called "bruxism," puts hundreds of pounds of pressure on tooth surfaces.
unknown title 2009
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Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Victoria Roberts A. Grinding the teeth while asleep is just one kind of bruxism, a disorder that also includes daytime Scientists have claimed that the transmission of abnormal proteins that form
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They described the teeth-grinding as "bruxism" and I thought that they could probably figure out if I need some kind of treatment for that, if nothing else.
Silicon Valley Moms Blog Glennia 2008
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Most people who have listened to soothing music, used aromatherapy or taken a long relaxing bath before going to bed, have shown significant improvement in the bruxism condition.
Spark plugs and transmissions Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Parasomni - means sleep walking, sudden spasms, bruxism and sleep paralysis.
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He's extracted the dentition for detailed views of Meresamun's jaws and teeth, which were severely ground down by the grit in Egyptian bread, and compared them with those from modern patients who grind their teeth, a condition known as bruxism.
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Other causes of tooth abrasion, such as teeth grinding (bruxism), were addressed in his study.
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There are those who question whether the current bruxism craze isn't simply the '90s version of the TMJ diagnosis that peaked in the' 70s -- a catchall disorder that once kept dentists busy.
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Teeth grinding – or bruxism – falls into two distinct categories, says Gilberto Melo, dentistry researcher at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Brazil; “sleep bruxism and awake bruxism”.
Stop tying yourself in knots: what stress does to your body – and how to beat it Amy Fleming 2023
reesetee commented on the word bruxism
Teeth grinding--unpleasant definition, but the word itself
has a great sound.
February 14, 2007
jmjarmstrong commented on the word bruxism
JM grits his teeth and dreams of the high points of bruxism
January 9, 2010
MaryW commented on the word bruxism
Bruxism, American Sleep AssociationMay 18, 2016