Soft occlusal splint and hard occlusal splint on the treatment of sleep bruxism or clenching
Objective To study the clinical effects of soft occlusal splint and hard occlusal splint on the treatment of sleep bruxism or clenching. Methods 58 patients with sleep bruxism or clenching were randomly treated with splints, 28 of them were treated with hard occlusal splint while the other 30 pati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | zho |
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Editorial Department of Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases
2016-12-01
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| Series: | 口腔疾病防治 |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kqjbfz.com/EN/10.12016/j.issn.2096-1456.2016.12.011 |
| Summary: | Objective To study the clinical effects of soft occlusal splint and hard occlusal splint on the treatment of
sleep bruxism or clenching. Methods 58 patients with sleep bruxism or clenching were randomly treated with splints,
28 of them were treated with hard occlusal splint while the other 30 patients were treated with soft splints. All participants
were asked to wear the splints during night and totally more than 8 h every day. Clinical effects such as muscle aches,
bruxism or clenching habit and whether there are changes compared with before wearing were checked at 1, 2, 3, 6
months after treatment. The effective rates were compared by chi⁃square with SPSS 17.0. Results The effective rates of
soft and hard splint were 93.33% and 82.14% after 6 months' treatment, and there was no significant difference (P <
0.05). Conclusion Both hard occlusal splint and soft occlusal splint have good effects, and soft splint is more accept⁃
able because it is easy to make and comfortable to be worn. |
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| ISSN: | 2096-1456 2096-1456 |