A world panorama of bruxism in children and adolescents with emphasis on associated sleep features: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

Background and Objectives To present a world panorama of the published papers on bruxism in children and adolescents, emphasising the characteristics of studies related to the sleep features of these patients. Methods Literature searches were conducted in six databases without language or date restrictions. Data on the titles, types of study, main subjects, countries of origin, keywords, years of publication, authors and their network collaborations, journals and sleep studies were extracted and analysed using VantagePoint™ software. Results A total of 725 studies met the eligibility criteria. Most included only children (75.31%), with observational design (66.34%), and risk or aetiology (53.93%) as the main subject. Brazil (18.06%) and Brazilian authors (54.84%) had the largest number of studies, with a low amount of network collaboration. The Journal of Oral Rehabilitation published most of the studies (6.2%); publications in this field have grown considerably from 2000 to 2020. Of the studies, 123 (16.96%) included sleep studies; night sweating, restless sleep, sleep talking, mouth breathing, snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, sleep‐disordered breathing, nightmares, poor sleep quality and duration, and daytime naps were significantly associated with bruxism in most. Conclusion Studies on bruxism in children and adolescents have increased in the past 20 years, with most being observational, and risk or aetiology as the main subject. Brazil and the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation have published most in the field. Sleep studies have shown some features associated with bruxism, such as night sweating, restless sleep, somniloquy, snoring, breathing problems, nightmares, daytime naps, and poor sleep quality and duration.

Worldwide panorama of bruxism and patients with disabilities: a bibliometric analysis in PubMed (1965-2021)

“…Previous studies have pointed to a tendency of increasing number of publications over time, specially over the past (Jayaratne and Zwahlen, 2015;Celeste et al, 2016;Ribeiro-Lages et al, 2021). These findings corroborate with our data, although our results presented a less expressive absolute number, being 9 published articles, the highest number reached in a single year (2021).…”

“…A recent bibliometric analysis about bruxism in children and adolescents pointed Brazil with the highest number of publications in this area (131 publications, 18.06%). The authors highlight that this condition may be seen as a prevalent health problem in Brazil explaining the research focus (Ribeiro-Lages et al, 2021). It was also observed that Brazilian authors compose the top authors, presenting more publications in bruxism field than authors from other nationalities.…”

“…As far as we know, there is only one published bibliometric analysis involving bruxism (Ribeiro-Lages et al, 2021) and two involving disabled people and dentistry (Kammer et a., 2021;Gutierrez et al, 2021). Publications on bruxism, especially in children and adolescents, have increased over past 20 years (Ribeiro-Lages et al, 2021).…”

“…As far as we know, there is only one published bibliometric analysis involving bruxism (Ribeiro-Lages et al, 2021) and two involving disabled people and dentistry (Kammer et a., 2021;Gutierrez et al, 2021). Publications on bruxism, especially in children and adolescents, have increased over past 20 years (Ribeiro-Lages et al, 2021). Despite bruxism being worldwide studied and strongly related to a higher prevalence in disabled patients compared to general population, no bibliometric data have been published to date on central topic bruxism and disabled people.…”

Influence of self-care using complementary and integrative therapies during the COVID-19 pandemic in children and adolescents aged 4 to 13 years with bruxism and temporomandibular disorders

“…O Bruxismo é definido como uma atividade repetitiva da musculatura mandibular, caracterizada pelo Apertamento e/ou Rangimento dos dentes que pode se manifestar, com base no ciclo circadiano, nos estados de vigília (Bruxismo acordado ou Bruxismo em vigília) ou durante o sono (Bruxismo do sono) 1 , com maior incidência em crianças do que em adultos e com tendência a diminuir com a idade 2 . Esta condição tem sido associada a fatores diversos, dos quais estão os patofisiológicos, como obstrução das vias aéreas, apneia do sono, refluxo gastroesofágico e distúrbios do sono 17,18 , os fatores genéticos 19,20 , os aspectos psicológicos, principalmente ansiedade, estresse e neuroticismo 4,21 , dentre outros, como respiração bucal, roer unhas e morder objetos 22,23 .…”