ABSTRACT
Background: Bruxism is a common activity among adults and children. In children, the activity is indicated to be related to airway and mandible growth and development. Objective: To assess the prevalence rates and associated factors of sleep and awake bruxism in the Indonesian young population. Methods: Screening for bruxism activity was done in schools on students aged 7–18 years of age. Parental and self-report was utilized to collect the data. Descriptive data analysis was done to assess the prevalence rates, and logistic regression analysis was carried out to analyze the contributing factors of bruxism activity. Results: The prevalence of self-reported sleep bruxism in children was 23.5%, while 11.3% in adolescents. Self-reported awake bruxism had a prevalence of 20.3% in adolescents. Psychological factors, orofacial complaints, TMJ sounds, and increasing age were among the contributing factors in bruxism activity. Conclusions: This study confirms the high prevalence of bruxism activity reports in the young population. The relation between bruxism and orofacial pain reports in older children might show a negative effect of bruxism which developed with an increasing age.
