Reza Bidaki^1,2 and Sahar Bijari³*

¹Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, IR, Iran
²Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, IR, Iran
³Department of Elderly Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

*Corresponding Author: Sahar Bijari, Department of Elderly Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

Received: July 25, 2021; Published: August 12, 2021

Treatments for bruxism in the elderly is one of the major therapeutic challenges and is significant. Also, there is no definitive treatment, unit and specific instructions for treatment. The first line of treatment for bruxism is always non-drug treatment in the form of behavior therapy. In this article, we tried to have a brief discussion of non-drug treatments. Bruxism is defined as a daily or nocturnal functional activity, including squeezing, restraining, grinding teeth, severe contraction of facial muscles, annoying noises of grinding teeth at night, and tooth wear, which include sleeping and waking teeth [1,2]. Awakening teeth are more common in women than men, while sleeping teeth do not show such a gender prevalence [3]. Determining the exact prevalence of gritted teeth is difficult because most patients are unaware of their disease. In most studies, about 13% of adults aged 60-50 years and only 3% of the elderly grind their teeth during sleep [3,4].

Psychological approaches to managing bruxism include biofeedback, hypnosis therapy, cognitive therapy, biofeedback, behavior therapy, stress, and relaxation management. Despite documented links between gritted teeth and psychosocial factors, the effectiveness of these methods is not certain [5-7].

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Citation

Citation: Reza Bidaki and Sahar Bijari. “Non-pharmacological Treatment of Bruxism in the Elderly". Acta Scientific Neurology 4.9 (2021): 24-25.

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