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- Title
Pain perception and functional/occlusal parameters in sleep bruxism subjects following a therapeutic intervention.
- Authors
Ommerborn, Michelle Alicia; Depprich, Rita Antonia; Schneider, Christine; Giraki, Maria; Franz, Matthias; Raab, Wolfgang Hans-Michael; Schäfer, Ralf
- Abstract
Background: This study was conducted to assess the individual pain perception in sleep bruxism (SB) subjects. Moreover, the effects of a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) compared to an occlusal appliance (OA) on pain perception and a possible continuative impact on several functional parameters were investigated. Methods: A total of 57 SB subjects participated in this investigation. The diagnosis of SB was based on the clinical criteria of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Twenty-eight SB subjects were randomly allocated to the CBT group and 29 to the OA group. The therapeutic intervention took place over a period of 12 weeks, whereby both groups were examined at baseline, immediately after termination of the intervention, and at a 6-month follow-up for pain perception and functional parameters. At each of the three measurement periods, participants completed the pain perception scale and ten functional/occlusal parameters were recorded. Results: Of the 12 parameters recorded, statistically significant main effects were found for the affective pain perception (p < 0.05) and for the three functional variables. Interestingly, the values obtained for the affective pain perception were considerably below that of a reference group. Apart from the determined statistically significant results, the values recorded for all functional/occlusal variables as well as those obtained for the sensory pain perception were clearly located within normative ranges. Conclusions: Within the limitations of this study, it might be concluded that the significantly reduced affective pain perception in SB subjects is the expression of an adaptation mechanism.
- Subjects
BRUXISM; PAIN perception; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; BITE plane splints; COGNITIVE therapy
- Publication
Head & Face Medicine, 2019, Vol 15, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1746-160X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13005-019-0188-6