Probable sleep and awake bruxism in adolescents: A path analysis.

Background: Bruxism has a multifactorial etiology, including the influence of sleep characteristics and chronotypes.

Aim: To identify the pathways that influence the occurrence of probable sleep bruxism (PSB) and probable awake bruxism (PAB) in adolescents.

Design: A total of 403 adolescents, aged 12-19 years, participated in the study.

Sleep disturbances are associated with feeding practices and age in preterm infants.

Background: Preterm infants are under risk of several shortcomings including sleep disturbances (SD). This cross-sectional study evaluated factors associated with SD in preterm and low birth weight infants in a reference center for preterm children at a University Hospital, southeastern Brazil.

Methods: A hundred-four dyads of mothers-infants 0-3 years participated.

Acidic food choice among adolescents with bulimic symptomatology: a major risk factor for erosive tooth wear?

Purpose: Evaluate dietary habits and the presence of erosive tooth wear (ETW) among female adolescents with varying severity of bulimic symptomatology.

Methods: An explanatory study was conducted with 72 female school adolescents with bulimic symptomatology, aged 15-18 years in Southeastern Brazil. Dietary habits were evaluated through a food frequency questionnaire.

Association of facial type with possible bruxism and its related clinical features in adolescents: A cross-sectional study.

Objectives: The assessment of bruxism and its clinical characteristics is acknowledged in literature. This study aimed to evaluate the association of adolescents' facial patterns with bruxism and its related clinical features in the form of signs and symptoms.

Materials And Methods: Four hundred and three adolescents answered a questionnaire evaluating sleep bruxism (SB) and awake bruxism (AB).

Self-reported awake bruxism and chronotype profile: a multicenter study on Brazilian, Portuguese and Italian dental students.

: To assess the association between self-reported awake bruxism (AB) and the chronotype profile among Brazilian, Portuguese, and Italian dental students.: A cross-sectional study involving 205 dental students was developed. Self-reported AB as well as information on sleep characteristics were collected from a questionnaire.