Sara Oliveira Aguiar, Fernanda Ruffo Ortiz, Gabriela de Faria E Barboza Hoffmam, Gabriela Luiza Nunes Souza, Ivana Meyer Prado, Lucas Guimarães Abreu, Sheyla Márcia Auad, Junia Maria Serra-Negra
BACKGROUND: Bruxism has a multifactorial etiology, including the influence of sleep characteristics and chronotypes. AIM: To identify the pathways that influence the occurrence of probable sleep bruxism (PSB) and probable awake bruxism (PAB) in adolescents. DESIGN: A total of 403 adolescents, aged 12-19 years, participated in the study. Parents/caregivers filled out a questionnaire about sociodemographic issues and the adolescent's health conditions, and the adolescents about sleep characteristics, occurrence of bruxism (based on previous study and the International Consensus of Bruxism), and chronotype (Circadian Energy Scale)...
February 29, 2024: International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry