Understanding bruxism in children and adolescents.

Screening for the various forms of bruxism in children and adolescents requires a sound knowledge of the physiopathology of this parafunction in addition to the etiologic and associated factors and comorbidities. The international literature contains various suggestions for suitable treatment. The optimal therapeutic approach often involves multidisciplinary management of these young patients.

[Occlusal aspects of asymmetry].

The dysfunctions of the masticatory apparatus can exhibit many different aspects, and multiple etiologies. If, among those, the occlusal causes are minimized today by a majority of the authors, it is nevertheless recognized that asymmetries represent a risk factor for the appearance and the development of dysfunctional pathologies for the masticatory apparatus. In presence of such dysmorphoses, it is of primary importance to proceed to dysfunction screening, which may be followed by a specialized clinical examination of the masticatory apparatus completed when required, by supplementary investigations.