The Effect of Sleep Hygiene and Exercise Therapy in Children With Sleep Bruxism

The Effect of Sleep Hygiene and Exercise Therapy on Bruxism, Sleep Habits, and Oral Habits in Children With Sleep Bruxism.

The aims of this study were to determine the relationship between sleep bruxism, oral habits, and sleep habits and establish treatment approaches in children.

This cross-sectional study was conducted on children aged between 6-and 13 years, diagnosed with sleep bruxism (SB). Initially, 82 children with a diagnosis of SB were evaluated. Among those, 37 children volunteered were followed for 8 weeks to investigate the effects of the education, sleep hygiene and therapeutic exercise program.

Sleep hygiene education includes routines about bedtime, sleeping room environment, and timing for exercise.

Therapeutic exercises program 5x5 included breathing exercises, head-neck, and scapular posture exercises which included jaw muscle and neck muscle stretching and strengthening exercises. They were asked to repeat each exercise 5 times and 5 times a day for 8 weeks.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children between the ages of 6 - 13,
• Having a diagnosis of sleep bruxism,,
• And a parent signing informed consent for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children who received orthodontic treatment,
• Children with the dentofacial anomaly, a history of TMJ surgery, having a medical history of neurological or psychiatric disease
• and those who could not cooperate were excluded from the study.