Awareness of tooth grinding and clenching from adolescence to young adulthood: a nine-year follow-up

Autor: Christer Hublin, Mauno Könönen, K Ahlberg, Jari Ahlberg, Frank Lobbezoo, Claudia Restrepo, T Strausz
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 37:497-500
ISSN: 1365-2842
0305-182X
Popis: How bruxism develops from adolescence to early adulthood remains unclear. A previous database was revisited to evaluate the natural course of self-reported tooth grinding and clenching among young Finns aged 14-23 using four assessments. Overall, the self-reported frequencies of both grinding and clenching increased during the examination period: from 13.7% to 21.7% and from 9.2% to 14.8%, respectively. There were significant increases (without a statistically significant difference between genders) in both grinding (P = 0.002) and clenching (P = 0.015) between 15 and 23 years. A significant rise in grinding between 18 and 23 years was also found (P = 0.011). It is concluded that self-reported bruxism increases from adolescence to young adulthood. Moreover, there are large differences between individuals, and fluctuations may occur in the natural course of bruxism.
Databáze: OpenAIRE