Journal article
Incidence of sleep bruxism among children in Itanhandu, Brazil
Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, Vol.15(2), pp.215-220
05/2011
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-010-0427-3
PMID: 20936432
Abstract
Sleep bruxism (SB) in children may be related to headaches and causes extensive damage of primary teeth. This paper evaluates the incidence of SB in children from Itanhandu, MG, Brazil. The presence of teeth wear facets was verified through clinical examinations on a sample of children, whose parents answered a questionnaire about their children's behavior and habits. Analysis of variance and chi-square tests (p = 0.05) were applied to identify possible correlations between the presence of SB and the parents' responses to the questionnaire. The sample comprised of 170 children, 51.76% (n = 88) of which were girls, while the average age was 4.37 (±1.69) years. A total of 15.29% (n = 26) had been diagnosed as bruxers, 46.47% displayed restless behavior, and only 10% used medication. The average duration of breastfeeding was 4.4 (±0.25) months. A positive correlation was found between restless behavior and the presence of SB (p < 0.001). No correlation was found between SB and medication (p = 0.573), or between the duration of breastfeeding and restless behavior (p = 0.102), SB (p = 0.565) and medication (p = 0.794). Restless behavior was positively correlated with SB, although no correlation was found between SB and medication or duration of breastfeeding.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Incidence of sleep bruxism among children in Itanhandu, Brazil
- Creators
- Carina Magalhães Esteves Fonseca - Universidade de TaubatéMateus Bertolini Fernandes dos SantosRafael Leonardo Xediek ConsaniJarbas Francisco Fernandes dos Santos - Universidade do Vale do ParaíbaLeonardo Marchini - University of Iowa, Preventive and Community Dentistry
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung, Vol.15(2), pp.215-220
- Publisher
- Germany
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11325-010-0427-3
- PMID
- 20936432
- ISSN
- 1520-9512
- eISSN
- 1522-1709
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2011
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry
- Record Identifier
- 9983769694102771
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