Bruxism in Children with Nasal Obstruction: Preliminary Study

Objectives: The present study investigated the occurrence of bruxism and its characteristics in children with age between 2 years 1 month and 12 years 8 months, with nasal obstruction. Methods: For this study 60 children of the Otolaryngology Clinics/Clinics Hospital of Ribeirao Preto have participated. The data were obtained through a standardized questionnaire applied to the responsible of the children and evaluation. These subjects were divided into 2 groups: with bruxism (group 1) and without bruxism (group 2). The criteria adopted was the presence on not of complaint and dental waste. The obtained results were analyzed statistically from the comparison among the groups with the aid of the Qui-square test or the Fisher Exact test. For intragroup analysis the Binomial test was achieved. Results: The obtained results showed an occurrence of 65.22% of bruxism in children with nasal obstruction. Conclusion: A relationship was observed between bruxism and gender, teething phase, presence of auditive pathologies, health condition, bad occlusion degree, and the child’s behavior. Nevertheless, a prevalence of allergic rhinitis and oral habits, involving bite and absence of sustion habits, was observed in the group with bruxism.