Psychiatric disorders and symptoms in children and adolescents with sleep bruxism

Abstract

This study suggests that SB is related to AS, regardless of the severity of anxiety or depressive symptoms.

Influence of maternal psychological traits on sleep bruxism in children

“…Also, maternal depression can produce a market effect on their children depression in childhood and adolescence, negatively impacting in chronic disease development. Considering that maternal depression could have long‐term detrimental effects on the offspring mental health and that psychological disorders are associated with SB in children, it is possible to assume that preschoolchildren from mothers presenting depression could also develop emotional defense mechanisms, allowing for the onset of parafunctional habits such as teeth grinding and clenching.…”

Sleep bruxism and sleep disorders in adolescents

“…Stress, anxiety, and other psychosocial components are now considered as risk factors for bruxism. In particular, compared to adolescents without SB, those with SB are more stressed, less able to handle stress, often perfectionist and more aggressive, and have a higher rate of psychosocial and behavioral disorders 9,10,15,39,46 . In addition, adolescents who report bruxism (either SB or DB) would have a greater risk of concomitant sleep problems 7 , including snoring, oral respiration, respiratory sleep disorders, excessive daytime sleepiness, and poor sleep quality 19 .…”

Diagnosis of sleep bruxism can assist in the detection of cases of verbal school bullying and measure the life satisfaction of adolescents

“…The prevalence of possible sleep bruxism (15.3%) was similar to that found among Canadian adolescents aged 13-17 years old (15.0%) 23 . Other researchers have, however, found different percentages, which can be explained by the different cultures in the countries surveyed, the different age groups of the samples, and the use of different criteria and methods for the diagnosis of sleep bruxism [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] .…”