Bruxism edge, class III incisal relationship. People with bruxism may also grind their posterior teeth (back teeth), which wears down the cusps of the occlusal surface. Once tooth wear progresses through the enamel layer, the exposed dentin layer is softer and more vulnerable to wear and tooth decay. If enough of the tooth is worn away or decayed, the tooth will effectively be weakened, and may fracture under the increased forces that occur in bruxism. Abfraction is another type of tooth wear that is postulated to occur with bruxism, although some still argue whether this type of tooth wear is a
Habitual be possible origin of habitual "be". Habitual be Habitual "be" is the use of an uninflected "be" in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and Caribbean English to mark habitual or extended actions, in place of the Standard English inflected forms of "be", such as "is" and "are". In AAVE, use of "be" indicates that a subject repeatedly does an action or embodies a trait. In Standard English, the use of (an inflection of) "be" merely conveys that an individual has done an action in a particular tense, such as in the statement "She was singing" (the habitual being "she sings"). It