: Why is it that whenever I see people who don’t have teeth, it always looks like they’re chewing?

Question

: Why is it that whenever I see people who don’t have teeth, it always looks like they’re chewing?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Your jaw has a comfortable resting spot. When you lose your teeth your jaw no longer has a comfortable resting spot. That chewing is the jaw trying to find a resting spot that isn’t there anymore.

I wish I could remember the name of it.

Edit: Thank you d_scotty10 for knowing the name: Tardive Dyskinesia