Abstract
Sleep bruxism (SB) is a masticatory muscle activity during sleep and a common phenomenon. Severe SB can have a serious impact on the success of dental treatment. Reliable methods of screening and diagnosing patients with SB are crucial. Therefore, in this study, a Bruxoff device as a potential screening and diagnostic method for sleep bruxism was evaluated. A total of 60 adults participated in this study: 35 patients with symptoms of bruxism (study group) and 25 asymptomatic patients (control group). Data were recorded using Bruxoff. All symptomatic patients participating in the study turned out to be bruxers, while not all asymptomatic patients turned out to be non-bruxers according to the Bruxoff device. Bruxoff is a simple screening device that can be safely used to evaluate masseter muscle activity during sleep. Since the device does not have a built-in microphone and/or video camera and, therefore, cannot record grinding sounds, the objective capabilities of Bruxoff as a single diagnostic device for sleep bruxism are limited.
Highlights
An estimated prevalence of bruxism ranges from 8% to 31% in the adult population [1], and some research states that bruxism affects women more commonly than men, due to women being more sensitive to stress and reporting it more often [2,3,4]
Every patient qualified for the study group had muscle pain and bruxism symptoms in the oral cavity upon examination, along with a positive self-report of bruxism
In terms of the number and types of muscle contractions the results showed no significant differences between the study and the control group
Summary
An estimated prevalence of bruxism ranges from 8% to 31% in the adult population [1], and some research states that bruxism affects women more commonly than men, due to women being more sensitive to stress and reporting it more often [2,3,4]. In accordance with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), bruxism is defined as a “repetitive jaw-muscle activity characterized by clenching or grinding of the teeth and/or by bracing or thrusting of the mandible” [5,6]. The complexity of the aetiology of bruxism, has caused researchers to go into further study. Sleep bruxism (SB) is a masticatory muscle activity during sleep that is characterized as rhythmic (phasic) or non-rhythmic (tonic) and is not a movement disorder or a sleep disorder in otherwise healthy individuals The previous, commonly used and applied, definition of bruxism from 2013 [7] has been recently revised and recommended to be “retired” in favour of two differentiating definitions published in the widely recognized 2018 International Consensus on the Assessment of Bruxism [8]: 1. Sleep bruxism (SB) is a masticatory muscle activity during sleep that is characterized as rhythmic (phasic) or non-rhythmic (tonic) and is not a movement disorder or a sleep disorder in otherwise healthy individuals
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