Prevalence of Bruxism in first year Medicine students of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of Asunción, headquarters of Saxony, 2018

Abstract

Introduction: Bruxism is "an oral parafunctional activity when an individual is awake or asleep." In short, it consists of tooth clenching and grinding, is of multifactorial etiology and is mainly associated with stress and sleep disturbances or parasomnias.

Method: An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study will be carried out. The sampling will be non-probabilistic by convenience. Data will be collected through the application of a closed survey, using survey. It will be applied to a minimum of 109 students of the FCM-UNA.

Results: 110 cases were analyzed; ages between 18 and 30 years old. The frequency of risk of suffering from bruxism in first year medical students is 25.4%, which represents 28 people with medium and high risk (3 people with high risk and 25 people with medium risk) out of the total population. The male population was the population that most frequently presented buxism.

Conclusions: The frequency of risk of suffering from bruxism is low in the surveyed population. When determining the frequency according to sex, the difference between male and female respondents was minimal, with the male population being the most affected.