Abstract

NAPOLES GARCIA, Damila; GARCIA CABRERA, Lizet; RODRIGUEZ REYES, Oscar  and  NAPOLES MENDEZ, Danilo. Contemporary tendencies of the physiopathological bases of bruxism. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.8, pp.1149-1156. ISSN 1029-3019.

Bruxismo is a day or night parafunctional habit, characterized by squeaking and/or pressing teeth. Nowadays it is considered to have a multicausal origin and among the most outstanding factors there are the psychic or psychosomatic factors. Keeping in mind the multiple clinical consequences that it causes, in terms of pain, dental and osteomyoarticular deterioration, it is considered one of the most complex orofacial dysfunctions, difficult to treat and with reserved prognosis. According to the complexity of this topic and of the current knowledge on this respect, the present investigation was carried out to describe the current tendencies in the physiopathology of this disease

Keywords : bruxism; parafunctional habit; orofacial dysfunction; stomatognathic apparatus; stress.

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