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Nocturnal bruxing events in healthy geriatric subjects
Author(s) -
OKESON J.P.,
PHILLIPS B.A.,
BERRY D.T.R.,
COOK Y.,
PAESANI D.,
GALANTE J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of oral rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2842
pISSN - 0305-182X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1990.tb01412.x
Subject(s) - polysomnography , sleep (system call) , nocturnal , psychology , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , audiology , physical therapy , electroencephalography , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
Summary Thirty healthy geriatric subjects were studied during a single night of sleep in a sleep laboratory. Unilateral masseter muscle activity was recorded in addition to the standard polysomnographic study. The geriatric subjects in this study exhibited fewer bruxing events than other subjects reported in the literature. Certain conditions that have not been previously investigated, such as sleep position, type of bruxing event, and relationship to the state of the dentition, are reported.