Pain perception and functional/occlusal parameters in sleep bruxism subjects following a therapeutic intervention

Head & Face Medicine

Table 1 Sociodemographic data and baseline characteristics of the included SB subjects treated either with OA or with CBT

	CBT group	OA group	p-value
Age (y) (n = 57)	28.50 (0.96)	29.41 (0.83)	0.47^a
Female/Male ratio (n = 57)	19/9	20/9	0.93^b
Education (n = 57)	1 × ₁; 20 × ₂; 7 × ₃	2 × ₁; 16 × ₂; 11 × ₃	0.44^b
Canine guidance (%) (n = 57)	7.1	0	0.14^b
Incisal guidance (%) (n = 57)	39.3	24.1	0.22^b
Group guidance (%) (n = 57)	53.6	75.9	0.08^b
Molar occlusion right side (n = 43)	5 Class I	8 Class I	0.22^b
	6 Class II	13 Class II
	7 Class III	4 Class III
	10 Missing	4 Missing
Molar occlusion left side (n = 45)	8 Class I	12 Class I	0.66^b
	4 Class II	10 Class II
	5 Class III	6 Class III
	11 Missing	1 Missing
Cuspid occlusion right side (n = 46)	8 Class I	8 Class I	0.54^b
	9 Class II	18 Class II
	1 Class III	2 Class III
	10 Missing	1 Missing
Cuspid occlusion left side (n = 46)	7 Class I	16 Class I	0.27^b
	10 Class II	12 Class II
	1 Class III	0 Class III
	10 Missing	1 Missing
Anterior crowding (n = 46)	0: n = 3	0: n = 6	0.29^b
	1: n = 14	1: n = 19
	2: n = 0	2: n = 3
	3: n = 1	3: n = 0
	10 Missing	1 Missing
Number of teeth (n = 57)	28.25 (0.31)	28.48 (0.28)	0.78^c
Number of teeth with occlusal restorations (n = 57)	9.89 (1,02)	10.45 (0,92)	0.69^a
Possible awake bruxism (%) (n = 57)	45.9	54.9	0.51^b
Signs of lip/cheek biting (n = 57)	5 yes/23 no	10 yes/19 no	0.15^b

^aTwo-sample, two-tailed t test; data are presented as mean and standard error or the mean (SEM)
^bPearson χ² test
^cMann-Whitney U test; data are presented as mean and SEM

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