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