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- From: zorrilla@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Eric Zorrilla)
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- Subject: Re: teeth grinding while sleeping
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 16:23:41 GMT
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- >rcsaito@cs.washington.edu (Richard Saito) writes:
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- >>I was wondering if anybody here knows anything about the causes of why some
- >>people grind their teeth while asleep? Any information would be appreciated.
-
- Bruxism occuring during the day and bruxism that occurs during sleep are
- separate phenomena. Sleep-related bruxism, at present (as best as I still
- know), has no-known cause. It does NOT appear to be related to stress
- or other psychological variables (which is to be contrasted with bruxism
- during wakefulness). Sleep-related bruxism affects all ages with childhood
- and adolescence having the highest incidence. Approximately 15% of the
- population report a past or current episode (so, the episodes so remit
- quite often). Males and females seem to be equally affected. It
- also appears to be a familial disorder, suggesting that genetic heritability
- may be at work.
-
- Reding did quite a bit of research on this in the 60's (I don't know if
- it's still ongoing).
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