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Bruxism defined and graded: an international consensus

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The expert group defined bruxism as a repetitive jaw-muscle activity characterised by clenching or grinding of the teeth and/or by bracing or thrusting of the mandible and proposed a diagnostic grading system of 'possible', 'probable' and 'definite' sleep or awake bruXism.
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To date, there is no consensus about the definition and diagnostic grading of bruxism. A written consensus discussion was held among an international group of bruxism experts as to formulate a definition of bruxism and to suggest a grading system for its operationalisation. The expert group defined bruxism as a repetitive jaw-muscle activity characterised by clenching or grinding of the teeth and/or by bracing or thrusting of the mandible. Bruxism has two distinct circadian manifestations: it can occur during sleep (indicated as sleep bruxism) or during wakefulness (indicated as awake bruxism). For the operationalisation of this definition, the expert group proposes a diagnostic grading system of 'possible', 'probable' and 'definite' sleep or awake bruxism. The proposed definition and grading system are suggested for clinical and research purposes in all relevant dental and medical domains.

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Association of self-reported bruxism with temporomandibular disorders - Northern Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC) 1966 study

TL;DR: The prevalence of self-reported bruxism is high among middle-aged adults and is associated with TMD pain-related symptoms and signs, as well as TMD diagnoses.
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To see bruxism: a functional MRI study.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that there was a decrease of cortical activation pattern in patients with bruxism in clenching tasks, which indicates decreased blood flow and activation in regional neuronal activity.
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Mandibular Jaw Movement and Masticatory Muscle Activity during Dynamic Trunk Exercise.

TL;DR: During dynamic trunk muscle force exertion, the mandibular incisal point moved to a posteroinferior position without tooth-touch (an open-mouth position) and Simultaneously, the activities of the mouth-opening digastric muscles and the mouths-closing temporal and masseter muscles led toMandibular fixation, which is a type of mandible fixing called bracing.
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Does botulinum toxin have any role in the management of chronic pain associated with bruxism

TL;DR: In this paper, 20 units of botulinum toxin (BTA) were injected bilaterally into the masseter muscles and the mean difference of VPS from 8 weeks up to 24 weeks gradually increase from 0.69 to 2.00 at 24 weeks.
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Evaluation of the effects of bruxism on oral health-related quality of life in adults.

TL;DR: Where bruxism was accompanied by TMD, OHRQoL could be more negatively affected, and the presence of bruXism without TMD was also associated with poor OHRZoL.
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