Year: 2024 | Month: August | Volume: 14 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 91-100
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240812
Sleep Bruxism: A Review
Dr Deepa1, Dr Dua Parminder2, Dr Mangla Ritu3, Dr Vyas Divya4, Dr Neha5, Dr Sharma Shikha6, Dr Abisag7
1P.G Student, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh
2Professor and H.O.D, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh
3Professor, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh
4Reader, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh
5Senior Lecturer, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh
6P.G Student, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh
7P.G student, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh
Corresponding Author: Dr Deepa
ABSTRACT
Sleep Bruxism is a common phenomenon in children with prevalence varying from 3.5 % to 40.6 % in children and 16.5 % in adults. It is not a movement disorder or sleep disorder, rather, a rhythmic or non-rhythmic masticatory muscle activity characterized by teeth grinding or clenching during sleep which starts soon after the eruption of deciduous incisors. This article aims to review sleep bruxism in detail.
Key words: Sleep Bruxism, Grinding, Clenching, masticatory muscle activity