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Awareness of tooth grinding and clenching from adolescence to young adulthood: a nine‐year follow‐up
Author(s) -
STRAUSZ T.,
AHLBERG J.,
LOBBEZOO F.,
RESTREPO C. C.,
HUBLIN C.,
AHLBERG K.,
KÖNÖNEN M.
Publication year - 2010
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.1365-2842.2010.02071.x
Subject(s) - grinding , young adult , dentistry , medicine , significant difference , materials science , metallurgy
Summary How bruxism develops from adolescence to early adulthood remains unclear. A previous database was revisited to evaluate the natural course of self‐reported tooth grinding and clenching among young Finns aged 14–23 using four assessments. Overall, the self‐reported frequencies of both grinding and clenching increased during the examination period: from 13·7% to 21·7% and from 9·2% to 14·8%, respectively. There were significant increases (without a statistically significant difference between genders) in both grinding ( P = 0·002) and clenching ( P = 0·015) between 15 and 23 years. A significant rise in grinding between 18 and 23 years was also found ( P = 0·011). It is concluded that self‐reported bruxism increases from adolescence to young adulthood. Moreover, there are large differences between individuals, and fluctuations may occur in the natural course of bruxism.