A hot Australian summer night, 1980. A 45-year-old construction worker faced a fateful choice. For years, severe, insurmountable fatigue had haunted him like a shadow. 

Do you wake up with a tired, tense jaw? Do you have headaches that mysteriously appear in the morning? Or has your dentist perhaps mentioned unusual wear on your teeth? If any of these questions sound familiar, you might be part of a huge but often undiagnosed club – the club of people with bruxism.