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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 55-62 |
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A systematic review of therapeutic modalities used in sleep bruxism
May Wathiq Al-Khudhairy
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
May Wathiq Al-Khudhairy
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1658-6816.160757
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Aim: Sleep bruxism (SB) has been present for over a century. There are many treatment modalities in the literature. The objective of this systematic review of randomized controlled clinical therapeutic trials of SB in adults diagnosed by clinical and/or electromyogram and/or polysomnography of SB is to elucidate the most effective of treatment modalities via documentation of the levels of evidence.
Materials and Method: This review conducted electronically on PubMed included only English Full text human clinical trials with or without randomization. Twenty-one articles were included in this review. The therapeutic modalities of SB were classified into behavioral therapy, appliance therapy, local pharmacotherapy, and systemic pharmacotherapy. Each article was further allotted a level of evidence.
Results: This review suggests that Oral appliances expressed the most positive outcome on SB episodes per hour of sleep.
Conclusion: There is still not sufficient evidence to support behavioral and pharmaco-therapeutic approach |
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