Sleep bruxism in children, from evidence to the clinic. A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The present paper aims to systematically review the literature published from 2015 to 2023 on bruxism in children with the aim to compilate the best available evidence.

Materials and methods

A systematic search in the National Library of Medicine's PubMed, Medline (EBSCO), SCOPUS, and Google Scholar databases was performed to identify all studies on humans assessing genetic, biopsychosocial, and sleep factors assessed with any different approach for sleep bruxism (SB) in children and its interventions. The selected articles were assessed independently by the two authors according to a structured reading of the article's format (PICO). The quality of the articles was evaluated using Quality Assessments Tool for Experimental Bruxism Studies (Qu-ATEBS) and the JBI cr

SUBMITTER: Restrepo-Serna C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10213965 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature