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Abstract
Objectives: The present study seeks to investigate the association between sleep bruxism (SB) and awake bruxism (AB) in healthy individuals, assessing whether self-reported SB is associated with higher AB frequency through self-report and Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA).
Methods: A cohort of 150 healthy participants (57 males, 93 females; mean age 25.53 ± 3.4 years), recruited at the University of Siena, completed the A1.1 and A1.2 domains of the Standardized Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism (STAB). Among them, 100 underwent a seven-day EMA via a smartphone application to track AB behaviors. Mann-Whitney U tests compared self-reported and EMA-reported AB frequencies between SB and non-SB individuals, while Spearman correlation tested SB-AB associations (p < 0.05).
Results: SB was reported by 34% of participants. These individuals showed significantly higher self-reported AB behaviors, including teeth clenching (p < 0.001), mandible bracing (p = 0.039), and teeth grinding (p = 0.014). EMA confirmed increased AB frequencies, particularly teeth clenching (p = 0.005), mandible bracing (p = 0.02), and teeth contact (p = 0.047) in SB individuals. Spearman analysis revealed a mild-to-moderate correlation between SB and AB (p < 0.01).
Conclusions: SB is significantly associated with AB behaviors, suggesting that individuals reporting SB are more likely to engage in AB activities.
期刊介绍:
Oral Diseases is a multidisciplinary and international journal with a focus on head and neck disorders, edited by leaders in the field, Professor Giovanni Lodi (Editor-in-Chief, Milan, Italy), Professor Stefano Petti (Deputy Editor, Rome, Italy) and Associate Professor Gulshan Sunavala-Dossabhoy (Deputy Editor, Shreveport, LA, USA). The journal is pre-eminent in oral medicine. Oral Diseases specifically strives to link often-isolated areas of dentistry and medicine through broad-based scholarship that includes well-designed and controlled clinical research, analytical epidemiology, and the translation of basic science in pre-clinical studies. The journal typically publishes articles relevant to many related medical specialties including especially dermatology, gastroenterology, hematology, immunology, infectious diseases, neuropsychiatry, oncology and otolaryngology. The essential requirement is that all submitted research is hypothesis-driven, with significant positive and negative results both welcomed. Equal publication emphasis is placed on etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.