Prevalencia del bruxismo de vigilia y sus factores asociados estudiantes universitarios de la Facultad de Odontología de la Universidad de Cuenca 2015

Abstract

The aim of this research was to evaluate the prevalence of bruxism and its associated factors. Materials and Methods: 284 patients were evaluated using a self-report questionnaire and clinical examination, after that a validated scale that measures stress, anxiety, and depression (DASS-21) was used. Results: The data revealed a prevalence of 52.1 % of Bruxism and association with stress variable ( OR: 3.148 , 95% CI 1.9 - 5.1 ), anxiety variable (OR : 3.222 , 95% CI 1.9 - 5.4 ) and depression variable (OR : 3.284 (95% CI 2.0 - 5.3 ) with this parafunction, in other hand there is not a significant association between bruxism with age (OR : 1.400 ; 95% CI O.8 - 2.2 ) neither sex (OR : 1.260 IC 95 % ( 0.7 - 2.0 )