Biomaterial Database

Severe bruxism in a demented patient. 1993

J T Stewart, and J E Thomas, and L S Williams

Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Gainesville VA Medical Center, Fla.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002012	Bruxism	A disorder characterized by grinding and clenching of the teeth.	Bruxomania,Teeth Grinding Disorder,Disorder, Teeth Grinding,Grinding Disorder, Teeth,Teeth Grinding Disorders
D003704	Dementia	An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.	Senile Paranoid Dementia,Amentia,Familial Dementia,Amentias,Dementia, Familial,Dementias,Dementias, Familial,Dementias, Senile Paranoid,Familial Dementias,Paranoid Dementia, Senile,Paranoid Dementias, Senile,Senile Paranoid Dementias
D004316	Doxepin	A dibenzoxepin tricyclic compound. It displays a range of pharmacological actions including maintaining adrenergic innervation. Its mechanism of action is not fully understood, but it appears to block reuptake of monoaminergic neurotransmitters into presynaptic terminals. It also possesses anticholinergic activity and modulates antagonism of histamine H(1)- and H(2)-receptors.	Apo-Doxepin,Aponal,Deptran,Desidox,Doneurin,Doxepia,Doxepin Hydrochloride,Doxepin Hydrochloride, Cis-Trans Isomer Mixture (approximately 1:5),Doxepin beta,Doxepin-RPh,Espadox,Mareen,Novo-Doxepin,Prudoxin,Quitaxon,Sinequan,Sinquan,Xepin,Zonalon,Apo Doxepin,ApoDoxepin,Doxepin RPh,Hydrochloride, Doxepin,Novo Doxepin
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly