J M Serra-Negra, S M Paiva, A P Seabra, C Dorella, B F Lemos, I A Pordeus
{"title":"Prevalence of sleep bruxism in a group of Brazilian schoolchildren.","authors":"J M Serra-Negra, S M Paiva, A P Seabra, C Dorella, B F Lemos, I A Pordeus","doi":"10.1007/BF03262743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03262743","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>This was to investigate the prevalence of sleep bruxism in Brazilian schoolchildren.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was carried out examining 652 randomly selected children aged from 7 to 10 years of age from both public and private schools in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Sleep bruxism among children was reported by parents by means of a pretested questionnaire based on the criteria of the American Academy of Sleep Disorders. The Social Vulnerability Index from Municipal database was used to determine social classification of families. A chi-square test was used with a significance level of 5%.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sleep bruxism was present in 230 children, showing a prevalence of 35.3%. Among the 652 children, 340 (52.0%) were girls and 312 (48.0%) were boys, predominatly of 8-year-olds (84.2%). Sleep bruxism was present in 56.5% of the girls and 43.5% of the boys. The majority of the families were of a low social vulnerability (54.2%), whereas another 45.8% were of a high social vulnerability. More than half of the children without sleep bruxism (55.2%) were of low socio-economic background.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The high prevalence of 35.3% demonstrates the need for further research on this issue.</p>","PeriodicalId":520615,"journal":{"name":"European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"192-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2010-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF03262743","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40067785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Saliva profiles in children using heart failure medication: a pilot study.","authors":"L Rosén, A Rydberg, I Sjöström, C Stecksén-Blicks","doi":"10.1007/BF03262742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03262742","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To study the saliva profiles in children with severe heart disease taking heart failure medication compared with the saliva from healthy age and gender matched controls.</p><p><strong>Study design: </strong>Cross sectional case-control design.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-four age and gender matched pairs of children, mean age 12.0 years participated. Stimulated saliva was collected in a standardized way before lunchtime and the subjects were asked to refrain from all eating, drinking and tooth brushing 90 mins before sampling. Stimulated salivary secretion rate, buffering capacity, total salivary viable count of bacteria, mutans streptococci and lactobacilli, calcium, chloride, magnesium, potassium, sodium and salivary IgA were determined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 7 of the 24 children in the cardiac group who had secretions below 0.5 ml/min compared with no child in the control group (p<0.01). Lower [corrected] total viable counts of bacteria (TVC) were detected in the cardiac group 1.4x10⁶ ± 1.2x10⁷ vs. 2.7x10⁶ ± 2.9x10⁷ in the control group (p<0.05). Mutans streptococci (MS) in the cardiac group were 5.2x10⁴ ± 1.5x10⁵ vs. 8.1 x10³ ± 1.3x10⁴ in the control group, (p>0.05) and MS ratio of TVC constituted 0.11±0.35 per cent compared to 0.01±0.02 per cent for the control group (p>0.05).</p><p><strong>Statistics: </strong>Continuous data were analysed by an analysis of variance (ANOVA) and categorical data by chi-square test.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Reduced salivary secretion could be a caries risk factor in children taking heart failure medication.</p>","PeriodicalId":520615,"journal":{"name":"European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"187-91"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2010-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF03262742","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40067784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supervised neglect - Again!","authors":"Martin Curzon","doi":"10.1007/BF03262712","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03262712","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520615,"journal":{"name":"European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry","volume":" ","pages":"51-2"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF03262712","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40083168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}