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Archive Home > 2010 > January > 07 > What a grind

What a grind

Bruxism at night likely a sign of stress overload by day

By Jessica Yadegaran / The Bulletin
January 7, 2010

You can practically track Steve Barkley’s stress by the level of activity in his temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, the hinge joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull and helps one chew, talk and yawn.

Although he didn’t know it at the time, the....

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