A world panorama of bruxism in children and adolescents with emphasis on associated sleep features: A bibliometric analysis

• Published in: Journal of oral rehabilitation 2021-11, Vol.48 (11), p.1271-1282
• Main Authors: Ribeiro‐Lages, Mariana Batista, Jural, Lucas Alves, Magno, Marcela Baraúna, Vicente‐Gomila, José, Ferreira, Daniele Masterson, Fonseca‐Gonçalves, Andréa, Maia, Lucianne Cople
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: adolescent; Adolescents; Apnea; Bibliometrics; Bruxism; Children; Daytime; Dentistry; Rehabilitation; Sleep; sleep bruxism; Sleep disorders; Sweating; Teenagers
• ISSN: 0305-182X; 1365-2842
• DOI: 10.1111/joor.13249

Background and Objectives To present a world panorama of the published papers on bruxism in children and adolescents, emphasising the characteristics of studies related to the sleep features of these patients. Methods Literature searches were conducted in six databases without language or date restrictions. Data on the titles, types of study, main subjects, countries of origin, keywords, years of publication, authors and their network collaborations, journals and sleep studies were extracted and analysed using VantagePoint™ software. Results A total of 725 studies met the eligibility criteria. Most included only children (75.31%), with observational design (66.34%), and risk or aetiology (53.93%) as the main subject. Brazil (18.06%) and Brazilian authors (54.84%) had the largest number of studies, with a low amount of network collaboration. The Journal of Oral Rehabilitation published most of the studies (6.2%); publications in this field have grown considerably from 2000 to 2020. Of the studies, 123 (16.96%) included sleep studies; night sweating, restless sleep, sleep talking, mouth breathing, snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, sleep‐disordered breathing, nightmares, poor sleep quality and duration, and daytime naps were significantly associated with bruxism in most. Conclusion Studies on bruxism in children and adolescents have increased in the past 20 years, with most being observational, and risk or aetiology as the main subject. Brazil and the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation have published most in the field. Sleep studies have shown some features associated with bruxism, such as night sweating, restless sleep, somniloquy, snoring, breathing problems, nightmares, daytime naps, and poor sleep quality and duration. This review shows a world panorama of studies about bruxism in children and adolescents that have been published in the past 55 years, which were mainly performed in Brazil and published in the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. Those containing sleep features demonstrated that night sweating, restless sleep, somniloquy, snoring, mouth breathing, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, sleep‐disordered breathing, nightmares, daytime naps, poor sleep quality and sleep duration were the main sleep features associated to bruxism.