Professional paper

Bruxism: An Unsolved Problem in Dental Medicine

Vladimir Basić
Ketij Mehulić

Abstract

Bruxism exists as long as humanity; since barbarian times, through the Bible and christianity until the modern stressful age. According to American Sleep Disorders Association, the prevalence of bruxism varies from 5 to 20 per cent. This difference can be related to the lack of awareness in eighty per cent of the popullation that has some form of teeth clenching and/or grinding. Many studies have been published, but the results are still contradictory. There is a large scale of different etiological and therapeutical approaches presented in the scientific literature, but the main problem - bruxism in every day practice often remains undetected and badly treated.

Keywords

bruxism; etiology; therapeutical problem

Hrčak ID:

1388

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/1388

Publication date:

15.3.2004.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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