scholarly journals The Association between Emotional Stress, Sleep, and Awake Bruxism among Dental Students: A Sex Comparison

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Shifra Levartovsky ◽  
Soad Msarwa ◽  
Shoshana Reiter ◽  
Ilana Eli ◽  
Efraim Winocur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Stress ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Sleep Bruxism ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Emotional Factors ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Manual Skills ◽  
As Stress ◽  
Awake Bruxism

Psychosocial factors may play an important role in the etiology of sleep and awake bruxism. The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between emotional stress and bruxism in male and female dental students at various stages of their education. Dental education in Israel is based on a six-year curriculum, divided into three stages: pre-medical studies (yr. 1–2), manual skills (yr. 3–4), and clinical experience (yr. 5–6). Each stage requires different capabilities and skills. Questionnaires regarding psychological state (SCL-90) measuring depression, anxiety, and somatization as well as stress evaluation questioners (Perceived Stress Scale questionnaire 14) were completed by 387 dental students in the 1st to 6th years. Sleep and awake bruxism were evaluated based on the respondent’s awareness. During the manual stage of studies, a significant increase was identified, albeit with weak correlations, between stress scales, depression, anxiety, somatization, and the prevalence of awake bruxism, particularly among males. Only in females was sleep bruxism correlated with emotional parameters, whereas no significant difference in sleep bruxism was observed in males throughout the stages of the study. The manual years of dental education were found to be linked to higher levels of emotional distress and awake bruxism, particularly in men. Sleep bruxism, on the other hand, was not directly linked to emotional factors, implying a distinct etiology.

Relationship of self-reported sleep bruxism and awake bruxism with chronotype profiles in Italian dental students

CRANIO® ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júnia Maria Serra-Negra ◽  
Frank Lobbezoo ◽  
Patricia Correa-Faria ◽  
Luca Lombardo ◽  
Giuseppe Siciliani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Bruxism ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Awake Bruxism

scholarly journals Sleep Bruxism, Awake Bruxism and Sleep Quality among Brazilian Dental Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júnia Maria Serra-Negra ◽  
Ana Carolina Scarpelli ◽  
Débora Tirsa-Costa ◽  
Flávia Helena Guimarães ◽  
Isabela Almeida Pordeus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Sleep Bruxism ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Robust Estimator ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Awake Bruxism

The aim of the study was to evaluate the association of sleep bruxism, awake bruxism and sleep quality among dental students of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. A cross-sectional study was performed including 183 Brazilian dental students aged from 17 to 46 years old. The complete course curriculum consists of 9 semesters. Students enrolled in the first semester, the middle semester and the final semester of the course participated in the survey. The PSQI-BR (the Brazilian version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Questionnaire Index) was used for data collection. The PSQI-BR was distributed during lecture classes. Sleep bruxism and awake bruxism diagnosis was based on self-reported data. Descriptive analysis, Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney and Poisson regression with robust estimator were the statistical tests used. Sleep bruxism prevalence was 21.5% and awake bruxism prevalence was 36.5%. Sleep duration components were associated with sleep bruxism (PR=1.540; 95% CI: 1.00-2.37) and awake bruxism (PR=1.344; 95% CI: 1,008-1,790). There was an association between awake bruxism and habitual sleep efficiency component (PR=1.323; 95% CI: 1.03-1.70). Sleep disturbance component and awake bruxism were associated (PR=1.533; 95% CI: 1.03-2.27). Poor sleep quality was an important factor among dental students, who reported sleep bruxism as well as among those who presented awake bruxism

scholarly journals Stress assessment in patients with clinically diagnosed sleep bruxism

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 1014-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Miletic ◽  
Zoran Lazic ◽  
Ana Todorovic ◽  
Igor Djordjevic ◽  
Danica Popovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Salivary Cortisol ◽  
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ◽  
Sleep Bruxism ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological States ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
As Stress

Background/Aim. Many studies investigated association between stress, anxiety or personality traits and sleep bruxism (SB), but results are still contradictory. We aimed to investigate whether there is a relation between clinically diagnosed sleep bruxism and salivary cortisol levels as one of the major stress biomarkers and to examine psychological factors and personality traits specific to sleep bruxism. Methods. A total of 23 sleep bruxism patients and 42 healthy non-sleep bruxism adults participated in this study. Diagnose of sleep-bruxism was assessed by selfreport and clinical examination and also confirmed by bedpartner. Morning saliva was collected from all participants for analyses of the cortisol level. Sleep bruxism patients underwent a psychodiagnostic personality interpretation using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ? MMPI-202 test. Results. Statistically significant difference between levels of morning salivary cortisol in the group of SB patients and the control group was recorded (t = 2.943, p < 0.01). Analysis of the personality profiles indicated that the sleep bruxism patients avoid contact with unpleasant feelings, especially depression, suppress the aggression and censor the expression of anger and rage. Conclusion. This study showed that patients with sleep bruxism have higher levels of salivary cortisol. Personality traits such as depression, hypomania and suppressed aggression were found to be common characteristics in patients with sleep bruxism. Present findings might support the hypothesis that sleep bruxism and psychological states such as stress may be related, but the cross-sectional nature of this study does not allow us to draw conclusions about the causal relationship between stress, personality traits and sleep bruxism.

scholarly journals Students’ Perspective On Using Internet Based Dental Educational Videos As An Adjunct In Dental Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 09 (02) ◽  
pp. 128-132
Author(s):  
Hira Mateen ◽  
Ayesha Aslam ◽  
Zobash Jafer
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Clinical Procedures ◽  
Education Data ◽  
Frequency Of Use ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Educational Videos

Objective: The aim of this study was to observe students’ perspective regarding the role of internet-based education as a supplementing tool in dental education. Study Design and Setting: A cross-sectional survey was designed and carried out among the dental students of Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi in March 2018. Methodology: Approximately two hundred and five regular undergraduate dental students of 2nd, 3rd and final year BDS were included with an overall response rate of 100%. A self-administered close-ended questionnaire was used regarding the student’s perspective of using internet based educational videos during their course of dental education. Data was analyzed using SPSS version .24. Descriptive statistics was calculated.Chisquare test was used. P<0.05 was taken as significant. Result: Majority of the students (97.6%) considered internet based dental educational videos (IBDEVs) was a significant supplementing tool in dental education and agreed that the knowledge gained by internet based dental educational videos was retainable and reproducible. A greater frequency of students (88.8%) searched for videos based on clinical procedures than those for theory-based topics. No significant difference was observed between males and females as well as students of different years regarding opinion about significance of IBDEVs and their frequency of use (P>.05). Conclusion: Internet based dental educational videos (IBDEVs) were used as a beneficial supplementing tool by dental undergraduate students to enhance their understanding of a topic and improve overall learning.

scholarly journals Bruxism-Related Signs and Periodontal Disease: A Preliminary Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 400-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rena Nakayama ◽  
Akira Nishiyama ◽  
Masahiko Shimada
Keyword(s):  
Periodontal Disease ◽  
Sleep Bruxism ◽  
Periodontal Index ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
Community Periodontal Index ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Light Force ◽  
Tokyo Medical ◽  
Awake Bruxism

Background: The effect of awake and sleep bruxism on periodontal disease has not been evaluated separately to date. Furthermore, there are few studies that have focused on awake bruxism with light force. Objective: The study aimed to investigate the frequency of sleep and awake bruxism in patients with periodontal disease. Methods: The subjects were 57 patients with periodontal disease who visited the Department of Periodontics of the Dental Hospital affiliated with Tokyo Medical and Dental University. Subjects were asked to fill out a questionnaire consisting of three items on bruxism (sleep and awake bruxism), and the maximum community periodontal index was investigated. Results: The proportions of individuals with high sleep bruxism-related signs and high awake bruxism-related signs were 6.0% and 44.0%, respectively. No significant difference was found in the comparison of maximum community periodontal index proportions between individuals with high sleep bruxism-related signs and high awake bruxism-related signs. Conclusion: The results of this survey of patients with periodontal disease showed that the proportion of subjects with high awake bruxism-related signs subjects was higher than those of the subjects with high sleep bruxism-related signs. Sleep bruxism has attracted attention as a factor influencing periodontal disease, and our data suggest that patients with periodontal disease demonstrate more bruxism while being awake than during sleep.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Perceptions of Smile Esthetics by Dental Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-107
Author(s):  
Gamze Paken ◽  
Merve Ünal
Keyword(s):  
Dental Education ◽  
Golden Ratio ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Mcnemar Test ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Smile Esthetics ◽  
Buccal Corridor

Summary Background/Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate in the esthetic perceptions of 2nd grade dental students before and after training. Material and Methods: A total of 16 photographs which contain golden ratio, buccal corridor, midline deviation, incisal embrasure, lip line, midline diastema, dark triangles and smile arc were shown to 78 dental students (33 male, 45 female). Immediately after the training about the smile esthetics, the same photos were shown again. The effect of gender on esthetic perception was also examined, in addition to assessing the effects of education on esthetic perception. Pearson Chi-square, Fisher’s Exact test and McNemar test were used in the analysis of the results. Results: According to the results of the analysis, it was found that the answers of the smile arc before and after the education were statistically significant (p< 0.05). Accordingly, the rate of correct answers of women is statistically higher than that of men. A statistically significant difference was found between the responses to the gingival appearance in the smile before and after the education (p< 0.05). Conclusions: Based on the limited results of this study, professional dental education may affect the esthetic evaluation of smile. There were differences in the esthetic perception of women and men.

Prevalence of self-reported awake and sleep bruxism among dental students

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41
Author(s):  
Júnia Maria SERRA-NEGRA ◽  
Sara Oliveira AGUIAR ◽  
Lucas Guimarães ABREU ◽  
Ivana Meyer PRADO ◽  
Ana Luiza NASCIMENTO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Bruxism ◽  
Dental Students

A STUDY OF CONDYLAR POSITION IN CENTRIC RELATION AND MAXIMAL INTERCUSPATION USING CONEBEAM TOMOGRAPHY

2019 ◽  
pp. 84-92
Author(s):  
Anh Chi Phan ◽  
Xuan Anh Ngoc Ho
Keyword(s):  
Dental Students ◽  
Cone Beam ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Reference Position ◽  
Centric Relation ◽  
Temporomandibular Joints ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Mandibular Fossa ◽  
Condylar Position ◽  
Cone Beam Tomography

Background: The condylar position discrepancy between centric relation and maximal intercuspation has been still a controversial issue. Aims: To compare the condylar position between centric relation and maximal intercuspation using cone-beam tomography in patients without temporomandibular joints disorder. Materials and methods: To assess the condylar position in centric relation and maximal intercuspation using cone-beam tomography on 40 fifth-year and sixth-year dental students of Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy without temporomandibular joints disorder. The condylar positions are assessed following Sener classification (2009) and are compared between centric relation and maximal intercuspation using pairedsamples t-test and Mann-Whitney U-test. Results: Among 480 condye-to-fossa measurement pairs, there are 91.2% pairs having difference between two reference position but there is no significant difference. The condylar position at the superior of mandibular fossa has the greatest percentage in both centric relation and maximal intercuspation (43.8% in centric relation and 51.2% in maximal intercuspation). This greatest percentage is followed by the condylar position at posterior of mandibular fossa (32.5% in centric relation and 36.3% in maximal intercuspation). Lastly, the condylar position at the anterior of mandibular fossa has the fewest percentage (23.7% in centric relation and 12.5% in maximal intercuspation). Conclusion: There is no significant difference of condylar position between centric relation and maximal intercuspation in patients without temporomandibular joints disorder. Key words: Condylar position, centric relation, maximal intercuspation, cone-beam tomography

scholarly journals Characteristics of dental note taking: a material based themed analysis of Swedish dental students

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viveca Lindberg ◽  
Sofia Louca Jounger ◽  
Maria Christidis ◽  
Nikolaos Christidis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
New Literacy ◽  
New Literacy Studies ◽  
Writing Practices

Abstract Background The transition from upper secondary to higher education and from higher education to professional practice requires that students adapt to new literacy practices, academic and professional. However, there is a gap of knowledge regarding literacy practices in dental education. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify what characterizes dental students’ notetaking and secondarily to determine what dental students express regarding their notetaking. Methods To analyze students’ perspectives about the purposes of notetaking and to examine their written notes in depth, three volunteer students, out of the 24 students that voluntarily and anonymously handed in their notes, were interviewed. The three undergraduate dental students that participated in this material-based, semi-structured interview study, framed within a New Literacy Studies approach, were on their third year (6th semester). The focus of these material-based interviews was on each student’s notes. Questions prepared for semi-structured interviews were open-ended and allowed for individual follow-up questions related to the interviewee’s answer. To analyze the outcome of the interviews a thematic analysis was used. Results From the material-based interviews eight themes that relate to what, how and for what purpose students write were discerned. These eight themes include professional vocabulary, core content as well as clinical examples that belong to what students read and write; multimodal accentuation as well as synthesis that belong to how students read and write; and mnemonic strategies, academic purposes, and professional purposes that belong to for what purpose students read and write. Conclusions Findings from the interviews indicate that the digital development, offering a variety of available tools, has expanded the notion of notetaking. This study identified that dental students’ notetaking has changed during their education from initially being synchronous, to also include multimodal and asynchronous writing, making notetaking more of a writing practice. Further, students’ writing practices seem to be motivated by their knowledge formation in relation to a subject matter, but also in relation to their experiences during clinical training. Although, our hypothesis was that the main purpose of notetaking and writing was to pass their course examinations, this study showed that students that were half-way through their dental education, are aware that literacy practices are for learning for their future profession, and not only for passing their exams.

scholarly journals Online dental teaching practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional online survey from China

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Jiang ◽  
Danji Zhu ◽  
Jialu Li ◽  
Lingfei Ren ◽  
Rui Pu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Resident Physician ◽  
Physician Training ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Case Based Learning

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in China in December 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic hindered dental education, as school buildings were closed. Online dental teaching provided an alternative teaching tool for dental education. However, the efficiency of online dental teaching and student preferences for online dental teaching are unclear. Aim To investigate the satisfaction with online dental teaching practices among undergraduate dental students and standardized resident physician training students during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Methods A total of 104 undergraduate dental students and 57 standardized resident physician training students from Zhejiang University participated in the study. A 12-item survey was conducted. This investigation included the teaching methods received, frequency of classes, degree of satisfaction, preferred teaching method, whether to participate in a course regarding COVID-19 prevention, and the effects of teaching. The percentages were then calculated and evaluated for each item. Results A total of 161 students (104 undergraduate dental students and 57 standardized resident physician training students) participated in this survey. All students had online dental classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lecture-based learning (LBL), case-based learning (CBL), problem-based learning (PBL), team-based learning (TBL), and research-based learning (RBL) were selected as teaching methods. Students were more satisfied with LBL and CBL than PBL, RBL, and TBL. The majority of students had more than four classes per week. The most selected protective measures were hand washing, wearing masks, and wearing gloves. A total of 46.6% of students participated in courses on COVID-19. After training, the students consciously chose to wear face shields and protective clothing. Conclusions Dental students accepted online dental learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students preferred LBL and CBL and were satisfied with the classes. Courses on COVID-19 helped students understand how to prevent COVID-19 transmission in the dental clinic.

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