“…When CMDs with and without DID groups were pooled together, the frequency of reported antidepressant use was about 37.4%, frequency, which was very similar to the prevalence of 40.8% of antidepressant use reported in a previous study 26 . Because severe and or extreme bruxism with CMDs are viewed as those presenting with more intense pain, higher scores in anxiety, depression, somatization and hysteria, and in the current study, those with CMDs and DID demonstrated higher scores in antidepressants use, the results of this investigation is partially confirmed by a previous study 26 , demonstrating that the frequency of antidepressants use increased with the severity of both CMDs and BB.…”