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Abstract
A sleep disorder characterized by grinding and clenching of the teeth and forceful lateral or protrusive jaw movements. Sleep bruxism may be associated with TOOTH INJURIES; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; sleep disturbances; and other conditions.
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- Bruxism, Nocturnal
- Nocturnal Teeth Grinding Disorder
- Teeth Grinding Disorder, Nocturnal
- Bruxism, Sleep
- Bruxisms, Nocturnal
- Bruxisms, Sleep
- Nocturnal Bruxism
- Nocturnal Bruxisms
- Sleep Bruxisms
- Sleep Bruxism, Adult
- Sleep Bruxism, Childhood
- Sleep-Related Bruxism
- Adult Sleep Bruxism
- Adult Sleep Bruxisms
- Bruxism, Sleep-Related
- Bruxisms, Sleep-Related
- Childhood Sleep Bruxism
- Childhood Sleep Bruxisms
- Sleep Bruxisms, Adult
- Sleep Bruxisms, Childhood
- Sleep Related Bruxism
- Sleep-Related Bruxisms
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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BRUXISM is also available
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History Note
2000
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Previous Indexing
- Bruxism (1965-1999)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sleep Bruxism. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020186. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020186
- Sleep Bruxism. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68452037