Knowledge of parents/caregivers about bruxism in children treated at the pediatric dentistry clinic.

Objective: To evaluate the knowledge on bruxism among parents/caregivers of children treated at the pediatric dentistry clinic.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 103 parents/caregivers that filled out a questionnaire based on the criteria of the American Association of Sleep Medicine during the dental care offered to their children. The questionnaire addressed demographic issues of the child and caregiver, issues related to child's sleep characteristics (duration, quality and whether he/she sleeps alone) and questions about bruxism (knowledge of the parafunctional habit, bruxism in the caregiver and the child, search for treatment, causes and consequences of bruxism, and whether the caregivers wanted more information on the subject).

Knowledge of parents/caregivers about the sleep bruxism of their children from all five Brazilian regions: A multicenter study.

Background: Sleep bruxism (SB) is a masticatory muscle activity that affects children. Parents' knowledge is important for its identification and report to dentists.

Aim: To investigate parents' knowledge about SB among their children.

[Dialogues on the work process in oral health in Brazil: an analysis based on the PMAQ-AB survey].

The study aimed to: (1) describe the work process in Brazil's oral health teams, based on the essential attributes of primary health care, according to geographic region, type of team, and the municipality's socioeconomic characteristics and (2) verify whether the data in the work process of the oral health teams in the Brazilian National Program to Improve Access and Quality in primary health (PMAQ-AB) were capable of measuring such attributes. This was a nationwide ecological study with data from cycle I of PMAQ-AB. The study included descriptive, exploratory factor, and confirmatory factor analyses (α = 5%).