BruxismEvidence & Dosage
Teeth grinding — stress, night guard, trigger factors.
Evidence at a glance
- Total studies
- 172
- With abstract
- 0
- Meta / Systematic / RCT
- 2
- Highly cited
- 0
- Publication years
- 1978–2026
Bruxism in the context of Sleep
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