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Bruxism - notice this comment by a dentist in the Daily Beast article that started this string:

Botox blocks nerve signals to the muscle where it’s injected, so the muscle relaxes or, depending on how much botox is used, stops contracting. Ayenechi, who treats hundreds of bruxism patients with Botox, said he uses small doses of botox in the temporal and masseter muscles, which help relax them.


“Patients benefit a tremendous amount from all the discomfort, but the drawback for the Botox is that it wears out in about 3 or 4 months,” Ayenechi said. This is because botox doesn’t kill nerve signals, it just blocks them temporarily.

Ayenechi recommends patients get the Botox treatment every few months for a year, to get a cumulative picture of how well the Botox is working. After a year, he’ll have them take time off the treatment to see if their jaw muscles have adjusted to not grinding.