Oral parafunctional behaviors among dentistry students
Session
Dental Sciences
Description
This literature review study aims to summarize the results obtained from studies related to oral behavior parafunctional habits among dental students. Oral parafunctional behaviors such as nail and pen biting, chewing gum, biting the mucosa of the lip or cheek, and bruxism often come in the form of bad habits that are quite hard to break and are closely associated also with temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD). Despite the causes of pain or tenderness in the jaw, and face, around the year and difficulty in chewing, TMD has a higher impact on social interactions, work opportunities, leisure, and psychological and neurological problems. Whereas the most common method to evaluate parafunctional habits is a standardized oral behavior checklist (OBC), which is being used as a self-reporting mechanism for the identification and quantitative determination of the frequency of jaw use. However, many epidemiological studies have evaluated the parafunctional habits in different age groups, also including dentistry students from different worldwide dental programs. Most of the studies showed higher prevalence of parafunctional habits including bruxism, supporting the hand in the chin and lower chewing nail, biting cheek or tongue in dental students.
Keywords:
Oral behavior, Dental students, Parafunctional Habits, Temporomandibular dysfunction
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-50-5
Location
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
Start Date
29-10-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
30-10-2022 12:00 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2022.227
Recommended Citation
Komoni, Teuta; Sokoli, Dugagjin; Kiseri, Burim; Gjikolli, Arta; and Berisha, Vlora, "Oral parafunctional behaviors among dentistry students" (2022). UBT International Conference. 231.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2022/all-events/231
Oral parafunctional behaviors among dentistry students
UBT Kampus, Lipjan
This literature review study aims to summarize the results obtained from studies related to oral behavior parafunctional habits among dental students. Oral parafunctional behaviors such as nail and pen biting, chewing gum, biting the mucosa of the lip or cheek, and bruxism often come in the form of bad habits that are quite hard to break and are closely associated also with temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD). Despite the causes of pain or tenderness in the jaw, and face, around the year and difficulty in chewing, TMD has a higher impact on social interactions, work opportunities, leisure, and psychological and neurological problems. Whereas the most common method to evaluate parafunctional habits is a standardized oral behavior checklist (OBC), which is being used as a self-reporting mechanism for the identification and quantitative determination of the frequency of jaw use. However, many epidemiological studies have evaluated the parafunctional habits in different age groups, also including dentistry students from different worldwide dental programs. Most of the studies showed higher prevalence of parafunctional habits including bruxism, supporting the hand in the chin and lower chewing nail, biting cheek or tongue in dental students.