costen
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costen (third-person singular simple present costens, present participle costening, simple past and past participle costened)
(transitive, obsolete) To try; tempt.
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Specifically, Costen believed that the cause of TMD was mandibular over-closure, citation recommending a treatment revolving around building up the bite.
History Temporomandibular disorders were described as early as ancient Egypt. citation An older name for the condition is "Costen's syndrome", eponymously referring to James B. Costen.