1. Prevalence of bruxism among Mexican children with Down syndrome.
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López-Pérez R, López-Morales P, Borges-Yáñez SA, Maupomé G, and Parés-Vidrio G
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- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Chromosome Aberrations, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Mexico epidemiology, Prevalence, Sleep Bruxism epidemiology, Sleep Bruxism etiology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Bruxism epidemiology, Bruxism etiology, Down Syndrome complications, Down Syndrome epidemiology
- Abstract
This study sought to determine the prevalence of bruxism in a Mexican community of children with Down syndrome, and to evaluate bruxism's relationship with age, sex, intellectual disability level, and type of chromosomal abnormality of trisomy 21. Using a cross-sectional design, 57 boys and girls (3 to 14 years old) were examined. Three approaches to establish presence or absence of bruxism were employed: parental questionnaire, clinical examination, and dental study casts. Data were analysed using bivariate analyses and conditional logistic regression. We found that the overall prevalence of bruxism was 42%. No statistically significant associations between bruxism and age, sex, or intellectual disability level were found. There was, however, a significant association between bruxism and type of chromosomal abnormality, with mosaicism being more frequently associated with bruxism.
- Published
- 2007
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