Talebian Ahmad, Sharif Mohammad Reza, Gilasi Hamid Reza, Ghafeli Bidgoli Morteza, Masoudi Alavi Negin
Department of Pediatrics, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Disease Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Iran J Child Neurol. 2023 Summer;17(3):81-87. doi: 10.22037/ijcn.v17i2.34695. Epub 2023 Jul 1.
This study aimed to investigate the risk factors of bruxism in children and adolescents under 15 years old in Iran.
MATERIALS & METHODS: This case-control study was conducted in day clinics of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in 2020. Fifty children with bruxism in the case group and 50 without in the control group were compared to five risk factors, including intestinal parasites, sucking the fingers, biting objects, a family history of bruxism, and secondhand smoking (SHS). The statistical tests of smoking, odds ratio, and logistic regression were used for data analysis.
The mean age of the subjects was 10.6±3.2 and 10.8±2.9 years in the case and control groups, respectively. The bruxism showed significant relation with sucking the fingers, the family history of bruxism, and intestinal parasites. The SHS and biting objects showed no significant relation with bruxism. The logistic regression indicated that the study variables could explain the 22.6 to 30.1% of risk factors in bruxism.
Bruxism is a common disorder in children and adolescents. The intestinal parasites might be associated with bruxism. These infestations should be diagnosed and treated in children with bruxism.
本研究旨在调查伊朗15岁以下儿童和青少年磨牙症的危险因素。
本病例对照研究于2020年在沙希德·贝赫什提医院的日间诊所进行。将病例组的50名磨牙症儿童与对照组的50名非磨牙症儿童就五个危险因素进行比较，这些因素包括肠道寄生虫、吮指、咬物、磨牙症家族史和二手烟（SHS）。采用吸烟、比值比和逻辑回归等统计检验进行数据分析。
病例组和对照组受试者的平均年龄分别为10.6±3.2岁和10.8±2.9岁。磨牙症与吮指、磨牙症家族史和肠道寄生虫有显著关联。二手烟和咬物与磨牙症无显著关联。逻辑回归表明，研究变量可解释磨牙症22.6%至30.1%的危险因素。
磨牙症在儿童和青少年中是一种常见疾病。肠道寄生虫可能与磨牙症有关。对于患有磨牙症的儿童，应诊断并治疗这些感染。
