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Temporomandibular disorders in patients with polysomnographic diagnosis of sleep bruxism: a case-control study.
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- Is bruxism associated with temporomandibular joint disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Evidence-based dentistry · 2023Pooled it
- Short-term effect of material type and thickness of occlusal splints on maximum bite force and sleep quality in patients with sleep bruxism: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Trial
- Effect of Occlusal Splint Guidance on Masseter Muscle Activity During Sleep in Adults with Sleep Bruxism: A Preliminary Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Temporomandibular disorders and mental health: shared etiologies and treatment approaches.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Review
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- Moving beyond bruxism episode index: Discarding misuse of the number of sleep bruxism episodes as masticatory muscle pain biomarker.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
- Exploring the causal effects of sleep characteristics on TMD-related pain: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Clinical oral investigations · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Occlusal Factors and Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Literature Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Systematic Review on the Link between Sleep Bruxism and Systemic Chronic Inflammation.Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Association between 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptor 2A Gene (rs6313 and rs4941573) Polymorphism and Sleep Bruxism: A Meta-analysis.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2023Review
- Effects on general pain perception and dental pulp sensibility in probable sleep bruxism subjects by experimentally induced pain in a pilot study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Do myofascial trigger points in masseter muscles affect the symptoms of disc displacement with reduction? A cross-sectional study.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTemporomandibular disorders (TMD) is a collective term that refers to complaints of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain, fatigue and/or pain of the craniocervical muscles, limitation of movement of the mandible, and TMJ noises. Sleep bruxism (SB) is a disorder involving rhythmic (phasic) or non-rhythmic (tonic) masticatory muscle activity during sleep and is not a movement disorder or a sleep disorder in otherwise healthy individuals. The present study aimed to support or reject the null hypothesis that there is no association between SB and TMD.
methodsThe study population was recruited from patients who visited the Artmedica Clinic, Mossoro city, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Patients who underwent polysomnography received information about the research and were invited to participate following the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The study sample consisted of 40 individuals with age ranging from 19 to 76 years. The subjects were administered the questionnaire of the European Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders (AEDC). Those who answered affirmatively to at least one question of the questionnaire were recommended to visit the primary researcher's dental clinic for examination; those who met the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) were evaluated, and their condition was classified into one or more subtypes of TMD. The subjects were divided into 4 groups according to the polysomnographic findings and the responses to the AEDC questionnaire. Of the 40 individuals who answered the AEDC questionnaire and underwent polysomnography, 28 presented with TMD symptoms. The data were expressed as simple frequency and percentage values using statistical software. Values of p < 0.05 were considered to be significant.
resultsThe results showed that the frequency of TMD in individuals diagnosed to have SB was 46.4%. According to the DC/TMD of the 28 individuals, the most prevalent TMD subtype was local myalgia (85.7%). Of the total subjects, 32.5% had TMD and SB, 36.4% were males, and in the age range of 31 to 40 years (40%).
conclusionIn this study sample, there was no association between SB as currently defined and TMD, thus confirming previous findings on this topic.
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