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Does chewing hard food and grinding teeth alot make your jaw bigger and stronger?
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Not good idea: Whether the overuse is chewing gum, biting pens, pencils, nails, chewing hard food, clenching or grinding of the teeth, these repetitive motions can injure the muscles, ligaments and tendons of your jaw and cause temporo-mandibular joint disorder.
Answered 9/10/2015
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