Difference between revisions of "Bruxism"

*Are there any symptoms which are commonly associated with bruxism, including jaw muscle pain, headaches, hypersensitive teeth, tooth wear, and damage to dental restorations (e.g., crowns and fillings)?<ref>Tyldesley WR, Field A, Longman L (2003). ''Tyldesley's Oral medicine'' (5th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 195. ISBN <bdi>978-0192631473</bdi>.</ref>  

*do teeth wear out equally in the life cycle even without grinding?<blockquote>A theory called 'Thegosis' studied by a group of New Zealand researchers<ref>Every, RG. The significance of extreme mandibular movements. Lancet 1960; (2):37-39</ref><ref>Every, RG. The teeth as weapons. Lancet 1965; (1):685-688</ref> has always maintained that bruxism is a physiological function that increases masticatory capacity and organic muscle strength, therefore, where is the boundary between physiology and pathology?</blockquote>

These might seem irrelevant questions, but let's see what can be deduced from the literature. There are, of course, multiple factors<ref>Cawson RA, Odell EW, Porter S (2002). ''Cawsonś essentials of oral pathology and oral medicine''(7th ed.). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. pp. 6, 566, 364, 366. ISBN <bdi>978-0443071065</bdi>.</ref><ref name=":02">Shetty S, Pitti V, Satish Babu CL, Surendra Kumar GP, Deepthi BC (September 2010). "Bruxism: a literature review". ''Journal of Indian Prosthodontic Society''. '''10''' (3): 141–8. doi:10.1007/s13191-011-0041-5. PMC 3081266. <nowiki>PMID 21886404</nowiki>.</ref> of which many theories are sometimes excessively supported and it is for this reason that we questioned Pubmed on specific keywords:<blockquote>