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Awake Bruxism – Definition Through Self-report and Through Ecological Momentary Assessment

Alona Emodi-Perlman
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Daniele Manfrendini
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Tamar Shalev-Antsel
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Ilanit Yevdayev
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Pessia Frideman-Rubin
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Alessandro Bracci
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Orit Winocur-Arias
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Ilana Eli
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Version 1 : Received: 5 March 2021 / Approved: 12 March 2021 / Online: 12 March 2021 (15:45:57 CET)

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Emodi-Perlman, A.; Manfrendini, D.; Shalev, T.; Yevdayev, I.; Frideman-Rubin, P.; Bracci, A.; Arnias-Winocur, O.; Eli, I. Awake Bruxism—Single-Point Self-Report versus Ecological Momentary Assessment. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 1699. Emodi-Perlman, A.; Manfrendini, D.; Shalev, T.; Yevdayev, I.; Frideman-Rubin, P.; Bracci, A.; Arnias-Winocur, O.; Eli, I. Awake Bruxism—Single-Point Self-Report versus Ecological Momentary Assessment. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 1699.

Abstract

Diagnosis of Awake Bruxism (AB) is problematic due to the inability to use continuous recordings during daytime activities. Recently, a new semi-instrumental approach was suggested, viz., an Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA), with the use of a smartphone application. With the application subjects are requested to report, at least 12 times per day, the status of their masticatory muscle activity (relaxed muscles, jaw bracing without tooth contact, teeth contact, teeth clenching or teeth grinding). The aim of the present study was to compare the EMA to the assessment of AB as defined by a single point self-report. The most frequent condition recorded by the EMA was relaxed muscles (ca. 60%) and the least frequent one - Teeth grinding (0.6 %). The relaxed muscle condition also showed the lowest coefficient of variance over a 7day period of report. Additionally, only the relaxed muscles and the Jaw bracing conditions presented an acceptable ability to discriminate between AB positive and AB negative subjects, as defined by single point self-report questions. The combination between self-report and EMA may have a potential to promote our ability to diagnose AB. We suggest to re-consider the conditions of Teeth contact and Teeth grinding while using EMA to evaluate AB.

Keywords

Awake Bruxism, Self-Report, Ecological Momentary Assessment, Smartphone Application

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Immunology and Allergy

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