Open AccessPresence of oral habits and their association with the trait of anxiety in pediatric patients with possible sleep bruxism
Author(s) -
Larissa Soares-Silva,
Cláudia Maria Tavares-Silva,
Andréa FonsecaGonçalves,
Lucianne Cople Maia
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/jisppd.jisppd_272_18
Subject(s) - medicine , biting , anxiety , sleep bruxism , breastfeeding , etiology , pacifier , masticatory force , bedtime , dentistry , pediatrics , psychiatry , ecology , electromyography , biology
Bruxism is a repetitive masticatory muscle activity with a multifactorial etiology , that can be associated to emotional factors.