Factors associated with preschool children's sleep bruxism

Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of sleep bruxism, related factors, and quality of life of preschool children and their families. Method: The sample was 475 children between 4 and 5 years old enrolled in schools in the city of Bauru-Brazil. Parents/legal guardians answered two questionnaires, o...

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Published in:Cranio 2024, Vol.ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), p.1-7
Main Authors: da Costa, Soraia Veloso, de Souza, Bianca Katsumata, Cruvinel, Thiago, Oliveira, Thais Marchini, Lourenço Neto, Natalino, Machado, Maria Aparecida Andrade Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
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Bruxism
children
quality of life
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Summary:Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of sleep bruxism, related factors, and quality of life of preschool children and their families. Method: The sample was 475 children between 4 and 5 years old enrolled in schools in the city of Bauru-Brazil. Parents/legal guardians answered two questionnaires, one to assess the presence of bruxism and related factors and another that was the validated Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (B-ECOHIS). Intraoral clinical examination was performed by two trained examiners (Kappa = 0.82) within the school environment. The data were analyzed using statistics and the Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, and Spearman correlation coefficient. The significance level was p
ISSN:0886-9634
2151-0903
DOI:10.1080/08869634.2021.1903663