Parafunctional habits are associated cumulatively to painful temporomandibular disorders in adolescents

Abstract This cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate the effect of sleep bruxism, awake bruxism and parafunctional habits, both separately and cumulatively, on the likelihood of adolescents to present painful TMD. The study was conducted on a sample of 1,094 adolescents (aged 12-14). The pre...

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Main Authors: Giovana FERNANDES, Ana Lúcia FRANCO-MICHELONI, José Tadeu Tesseroli SIQUEIRA, Daniela Aparecida Godói GONÇALVES, Cinara Maria CAMPARIS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2016-01-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242016000100214&lng=en&tlng=en