Family and School Environmental Predictors of Sleep Bruxism in Children

Abstract

The present investigation suggested that, among family and school-related matters, having divorced parents and not falling asleep easily were two predictors, even if weak, of a child's self-report of SB.

Is there an association between verbal school bullying and possible sleep bruxism in adolescents?

“…Indeed, the literature is supportive of the relationships between SB and behavioural health issues as well as between bullying and psychological disorders. A study on Dutch adolescents showed an association of SB with stress and depressive mood , in line with the findings on Israeli adolescents that found an association with feeling stressed . In addition, another Israeli study reported an association between depression and suicidal tendencies in adolescents with bullying behaviours .…”

Sleep bruxism associated with nocturnal enuresis in a 6-year-old child

“…Moreover, changes in lifestyle of a patient may affect the frequency, duration and severity of bruxism. 8 Based on the child's history, emotional stress associated with change of school could have increased the severity of both NE and bruxism in the last month. In addition, her habit was aggravated by flu and common cold.…”

“…Its occurrence has been attributed to genetic, psychological, behavioral, environmental, systemic, and local causes. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In a recent study, the C allele carrier of HTR2A single-nucleotide gene polymorphism was significantly associated with an increased risk of SB. 5 Psychological and behavioral factors include anxiety, stress and individual personality.…”

“…6,7 Social or environmental factors in children such as divorced parents and inability to sleep easily were associated with self-reported SB. 8 Systemic factors include nutritional deficiencies, allergies, and endocrine disorders. 9 Local factors mainly involve interferences in occlusion of teeth, malalignment of teeth, and temporomandibular joint dysfunction.…”

Association Between Sleep Bruxism and Psychosocial Factors in Children and Adolescents

“…2 However, we are unaware of any systematic analysis of published studies that addressed SB in children and adolescents, even though several published studies have suggested a possible association between psychosocial factors and bruxism in both children [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] and adolescents. 2 However, we are unaware of any systematic analysis of published studies that addressed SB in children and adolescents, even though several published studies have suggested a possible association between psychosocial factors and bruxism in both children [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] and adolescents.…”