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Chewing

Known as: Mastication, chew, chewed 
The process of biting and mashing food with the teeth prior to swallowing. [GOC:gvg]
National Institutes of Health

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Bruxism
Masticatory SystemOral TobaccoOral cavityStomatognathic System

Broader (3)

Oral behaviorsjaw movementoral function

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Review
2012
Review
2012
Ras oncogenes in oral cancer: the past 20 years.
Review
2007
Review
2007
Neuroplasticity of face primary motor cortex control of orofacial movements.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Eroded enamel lesion remineralization by saliva as a possible factor in the site-specificity of human dental erosion.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
AUTISM AND RETT SYNDROME: BEHAVIOURAL INVESTIGATIONS AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
The most common wrong diagnosis of children with Rett syndrome has been the infantile autistic syndrome, and it is probable that… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Optimum mouthful for food comminution in human mastication.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Dynorphin-(1–13), dopamine and feeding in rats
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Discharge of spindle afferents from jaw-closing muscles during chewing in alert monkeys.
The discharge of muscle spindle afferents from monkey spindle afferents from monkey jaw-closing muscles was studied during… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Effects of central lesions on disorders produced by multiple dorsal rhizotomy in rats.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Osmosensitive single neurones in the hypothalamus of unanaesthetized monkeys
1. We recorded with tungsten micro‐electrodes the activity of single neurones in the supraoptic nucleus (NSO) and adjacent… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Occlusal interferences and mastication: an electromyographic study.
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