Enfoque interdisciplinario en el diagnóstico y tratamiento del bruxismo en individuos con dentición permanente

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Bruxism, one of the most prevalent and high incidence oral illness in adult population, witha complex multifactorial nature, relating it to psychological factors such as anxiety,consequently, this research project was focused on establishing an interdisciplinary approachfor the diagnosis and treatment in people with permanent dentition, this is a bibliographic,descriptive, on-field, non-experimental, cross-sectional study, in which the population understudy was made up by 100 people, from which, 65 patients who had appointments at the Centro Especializado de Odontología Dr. Mario Cerda, were taken as a sample. In addition, validatedtechniques and instruments were used, applying the IDARE and the self-report of bruxism,questionnaires for diagnosis. The analysis of the data showed that anxiety in its two scales traitand state were predominantly associated with bruxism grade II with 63.1% and52.3%respectively, likewise a higher incidence was observed of moderate levels of state anxiety inbruxism grade II with 66.7% in ages between 20 and 60 years old, while trait anxiety isassociated with degree III bruxism in ages between 61 and 75 years of age. Besides, throughthe Chi-square statistical analysis, the influence of the of anxiety in the genesis of bruxism inboth genders was established. Therefore, an adequate diagnosis of bruxism with the evaluationof etiological factors is very important for providing timely and comprehensive care