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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2020

Quality of life of children with sleep bruxism.

Sruthi Suguna, Deepa Gurunathan

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The effect of the presence of bruxism in school-age children on oral health and children's quality of life.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026
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  5. Oral health-related quality of life and factors associated with sleep bruxism in Brazilian preschool children: comparative cross-sectional study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2025
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  6. Sleep Bruxism in Children: A Narrative Review.Current pediatric reviews · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sruthi SugunaDepartment of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Deepa GurunathanDepartment of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Saveetha University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of this study was to compare the Quality of life (QoL) of children with and without sleep bruxism in Chennai population. MATERIALS AND

methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with participants of both genders assigned as bruxers (

resultsThe sociodemographic characteristics presented no significant differences between bruxers and non-bruxers (

conclusionSleep bruxism may be associated with a negative impact on QoL.

Indexed as

Bruxismquality of lifesleep

Identifiers

PMID32110614
PMCPMC7014878
OpenAlexW3003272463

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