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Bruxism

Bruxism is excessive teeth grinding or jaw clenching. It is an oral parafunctional activity; i.e., it is unrelated to normal function such as eating or talking. Bruxism is a common behavior; the global prevalence of bruxism (both sleep and awake) is approximately 22%. Several symptoms are commonly associated with bruxism, including aching jaw muscles…

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Prosthodontics, orthodontics

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Bruxism

Nodes197
Edges196
Triples223
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010152
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related to history · 22
Bruxism → Behavioral, Bertrand, Chao Yuanfang, Chinese, French, Frohman, Generations, In, It, La, Marie Pietkiewics, Occasionally, Overall, Qi, Shuowen Jiezi, Sigurd Peder Ramfjord, Taiping Shenghuifang, The, Two, Wang Huaiyin
related to Signs and symptoms · 16
Bruxism → Clicking, Excessive, Headaches, Hypersensitive, Hypertrophy, Indentations, Inflammation, Most, Noises, Other, Pain, Tenderness, The, This, Tooth, Trismus
related to Classification by temporal pattern · 14
Bruxism → AB, According, Awake, DB, ICSD-2, ICSD-R, International Classification, SB, Sleep, Sleep Disorders, Some, The, The ICDS-R, This
related to Tooth wear · 14
Bruxism → Abfraction, However, If, III, In, It, Many, Once, People, The, This, To, Tooth, V-shaped
related to Psychosocial factors · 13
Bruxism → Animal, Awake, However, It, Many, People, Personality, Rosales, Some, Stress, Stressful, They, Work-related
related to Medications · 11
Bruxism → Certain, Examples, GHB, However, In, MDA, MDMA, Other, Parkinson's, Specific, Tooth
has prevention · 9
Bruxism → Dental, Emax, However, In, Most, Occlusal, Porcelain, Some, When
has cause · 8
Bruxism → Ankyloglossia, Awake, In, It, Mastication, Normally, Some, The
related to Diagnosis · 8
Bruxism → Bruxchecker, Bruxcore, Early, For, Grinders, Housemates, Questionnaires, To
related to Historical focus · 8
Bruxism → Historically, However, In, It, Most, Occlusal, People, The

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sleep may teeth tooth also awake occlusal wear people grinding clenching activity treatment pain dental causes occur muscles jaw factors

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BruxismCausesSee causes1.00infobox
BruxismSpecialtyProsthodontics, orthodontics1.00infobox
Bruxismis acommon behavior0.90text
Bruxismis aparafunctional activity0.90text
Bruxismis arepetitive jaw-muscle activity characterized by clenching or grinding of the teeth and/or by bracing or thrusting of the mandible0.90text
Bruxismis aentirely different disorder and is not associated with awake bruxism0.90text
eating or talkinginstance ofit is unrelated to normal function0.80text
abfractioninstance ofbut also possibly other types of tooth wear0.80text
where notches form around the neck of the teeth at the gumline.Tooth fracturesinstance ofbut also possibly other types of tooth wear0.80text
and repeated failure of dental restorationsinstance ofbut also possibly other types of tooth wear0.80text
cheek bitinginstance ofand is often associated with other semivoluntary oral habits0.80text
nail bitinginstance ofand is often associated with other semivoluntary oral habits0.80text

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