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Age is associated with self-reported sleep bruxism, independently of tooth loss

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study was to investigate whether the association between self-reported sleep bruxism (SB) and age is modified by the presence of tooth loss.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was done involving 1,930 residents, ranging from 18 to 89 years of age, who underwent health checkups at the rural health center in Japan. The data collection included oral examinations and self-administrated questionnaires.

Results

The prevalence of self-reported SB was 8% (n = 152). It was higher in the groups ranging from 30 to 39 and 40 to 49 years of age in comparison to the groups composed of individuals older than 60 years of age. In the crude analyses, the prevalence of self-reported SB was associated with tooth loss, male, smoking, snoring, sleep talking and a history of childhood teeth grinding. A multiple logistic regression confirmed a significant relationship between self-reported SB and the groups of 30–39 years of age (OR: 2.78, P = 0.003) and 40–49 years of age (OR: 2.31, P = 0.005). Snoring (OR: 2.58, P = 0.001) and known (OR: 8.09, P < 0.001) or unknown (OR: 3.03 P < 0.001%) childhood teeth grinding also showed to be related to self-reported SB.

Conclusions

The present study demonstrates that self-reported SB is associated with age, independently of tooth loss. The associations between SB and age will await further physiological investigations.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. Hiromichi Fujishima and Mrs. Tomiko Tanaka at the Ina Health Promotion Center and the Kamiina Dental Association for their generous supports to this research project. This study was supported by the Matsumoto Dental University intramural research funding and the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) of the Japan Society for the promotion of Science (No. 19592418). The authors have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Department of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Takafumi Kato

  2. Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Ana M. Velly

  3. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Department of Dentistry, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Ana M. Velly

  4. School of Dentistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Ana M. Velly

  5. Department of Oral Hygiene, Matsumoto Dental University, Nagano, Japan

    Takashi Nakane

  6. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Biology, Graduate School of Oral Medicine, Matsumoto Dental University, Nagano, Japan

    Yuji Masuda

  7. Department of Oral Health Promotion, Graduate School of Oral Medicine, Matsumoto Dental University, Nagano, Japan

    Shigeru Maki

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Kato, T., Velly, A.M., Nakane, T. et al. Age is associated with self-reported sleep bruxism, independently of tooth loss. Sleep Breath 16, 1159–1165 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-011-0625-7

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