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  • A para-functional habit or parafunctional habit is the habitual exercise of a body part in a way that is other than the most common use of that body part...
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    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...
    79 KB (9,541 words) - 18:14, 29 June 2024
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    fingernails. It is sometimes described as a parafunctional activity, the common use of the mouth for an activity other than speaking, eating, or drinking...
    15 KB (1,625 words) - 02:49, 22 August 2024
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    TMD. Bruxism and other parafunctional activities may play a role in perpetuating symptoms in some cases. Other parafunctional habits such as pen chewing...
    109 KB (12,329 words) - 07:44, 22 August 2024
  • loose sections of mucosa that come away. The cause is the chronic parafunctional activity of the masticatory system, which produces frictional, crushing...
    8 KB (796 words) - 22:50, 21 June 2024
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    True xerostomia, caused by hyposalivation e.g. Sjögren's syndrome Parafunctional activity, e.g. nocturnal bruxism or a tongue thrusting habit. Restriction...
    28 KB (2,807 words) - 06:40, 28 June 2024
  • palpable soreness associated with the muscles can also be linked to parafunctional activity. 3) TMJ TMJ disorders can be detected through occlusal examination...
    55 KB (7,125 words) - 15:19, 18 January 2024
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    thought that conscious mediation is important in the limitation of parafunctional habits as most commonly, the motor program can be excessively engaged...
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    teeth. Attrition has been associated with masticatory force and parafunctional activity such as bruxism. A degree of attrition is normal, especially in...
    23 KB (2,658 words) - 12:57, 7 August 2024
  • through the reduction in nociceptive stimulation normally caused by parafunctional activity. It is sometimes used for temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMD)...
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    periods of vacation. Alternatively, it has been suggested that oral parafunctional activities such as lip or cheek chewing become more pronounced during periods...
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    increase in tooth mobility. Occlusal trauma may occur with bruxism, the parafunctional (abnormal) clenching and grinding of teeth during sleep or while awake...
    82 KB (9,422 words) - 22:15, 19 August 2024