• Dr. Viddyasagar Mopagar
• Dr. Umesh Kankerej
• Dr. Shantanu Choudhari
• Dr. Vishwavijet Mopagar
• Dr. Shridhar Shetty

Bruxism is the habitual grinding of teeth when the individual is not chewing or swallowing is a wide phenomenon covering different motor phenomena. Recently an international group of experts reached to a decision to define bruxism as a repetitive mandibular jaw-muscle activity which is identified by clinching or grinding of the teeth or by braching or thrusting of the mandible.1 From a historical perspectives, crushing of teeth has been described in the bible while in 1931, dysfunctional mandibular movements were described as bruxism. 2 Bruxism is the term applied to either the static or dynamic contact on occlusion of the teeth at times other than the normal functions such as mastication and swallowing. It is therefore considered a parafuntional habit. It usually occurs unconsciously and spontaneously and may be repetitive at various time intervals.2 Bruxism was introduced in the dental literature as “bruxomania” by Marie and Pietkiewkz in the year 1907. This report described the habit of grinding the teeth. The term “bruxism” was introduced in the dental literature by Frohman in1931. In 1936, Miller suggested that the term “bruxomania” to be used to denote day time habitual grinding of the teeth, while the term “bruxism” to be used to denote nocturnal grinding

BRUXISM: A CLINICAL REVIEW

"BRUXISM: A CLINICAL REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.f600-f606, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203575.pdf

"BRUXISM: A CLINICAL REVIEW", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppf600-f606, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203575.pdf