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Higashiyama M, Masuda Y, Katagiri A, Toyoda H, Yamada M, Yoshida A, Kato T. Comparison of rhythmic jaw muscle activities induced by electrical stimulations of the corticobulbar tract during rapid eye movement sleep with those during wakefulness and non-rapid eye movement sleep in freely moving Guinea pigs. J Oral Biosci 2024; 66:58-66. [PMID: 39304060 DOI: 10.1016/j.job.2024.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2024] [Revised: 09/11/2024] [Accepted: 09/13/2024] [Indexed: 09/22/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Rhythmic jaw muscle activities (RJMAs) occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in humans and animals even though motoneurons are inhibited. The present study compared the characteristics of jaw muscle activities induced by electrical microstimulations of the corticobulbar tract (CT) during REM sleep with those during wakefulness and non-REM sleep. METHODS Eleven guinea pigs were surgically prepared for polygraphic recordings with the implantation of a stimulating electrode. Long- and short-train repetitive electrical microstimulations were applied to the CT under freely moving conditions. The response rate, latency, burst amplitude, and cycle length in the digastric muscle were calculated and cortical and cardiac activities were quantified. RESULTS Long-train microstimulations induced RJMAs in the digastric muscle followed by masseter muscle activity during wakefulness and non-REM sleep and only induced rhythmic digastric muscle activity during REM sleep. The response rate of RJMAs and the burst amplitude of digastric muscles were significantly lower during REM sleep than during wakefulness and non-REM sleep. However, response latency did not significantly differ between REM sleep and wakefulness. Transient cortical and cardiac changes were associated with RJMAs induced during non-REM sleep, but not during REM sleep. Short-train microstimulations induced a short-latency digastric response, the amplitude of which was significantly lower during REM sleep than during non-REM sleep and wakefulness. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that the masticatory CPG was activated by electrical CT stimulations independently of the motoneuron inhibitory system during REM sleep.
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- Makoto Higashiyama
- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan.
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- Matsumoto Dental University, Graduate School of Oral Medicine, Department of Oro-maxillofacial Neurobiology, Shiojiri, Nagano, Japan.
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan.
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- Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Care Sciences, Takarazuka University of Medical and Health Care, Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan.
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan; Sleep Medicine Center Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
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de Miranda Diniz SA, de Magalhães Lopes R, Guedes LM, Bruzinga FFB, de Aguilar Seraidarian KK, de Magalhães Barros V, de Barros Massahud ML, Seraidarian PI. Sleep-related bruxism, microarousals and oxyhaemoglobin desaturations in sleep stages: A cross-sectional study in a large apnoeic population. J Oral Rehabil 2024; 51:2140-2149. [PMID: 39034456 DOI: 10.1111/joor.13813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Revised: 07/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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BACKGROUND Sleep-related bruxism (SB) is the habit of grinding or clenching the teeth during sleep, mediated by the non-peripheral central nervous system. PURPOSE The objectives of this cross-sectional study were to evaluate associations between SB, microarousals and oxyhaemoglobin desaturations and to compare the frequency of SB and microarousals in sleep stages, in an apnoeic population. METHODS Two hundred and forty individuals composed the sample, who underwent a single full-night polysomnography. Self-reports and clinical inspections were not considered for assessing SB. The polysomnographic assessment of SB was performed using electrodes placed on masseter muscles and chin. SB was defined as more than two events of rhythmic masticatory muscle activity per hour of sleep. Microarousals were considered when there were abrupt changes in electroencephalogram frequencies, without complete awakening, lasting from 3 to 15 s. Oxyhaemoglobin desaturations were defined as significant drops (≥3%) in basal oxygen saturations. With these data, SB, microarousals and oxyhaemoglobin desaturations were evaluated and submitted to statistical analysis. RESULTS Statistically significant differences were observed between bruxers and non-bruxers when comparing the rates of microarousals (p < .001) and oxyhaemoglobin desaturations (p = .038). There was a higher number of SB and microarousals in NREM (non-rapid eye movement) two sleep stage (p < 0.001). Bruxers had a greater risk of higher numbers of microarousals (OR = 1.023; p = .003), which did not occur for oxyhaemoglobin desaturations (OR = 0.998; p = .741). CONCLUSIONS A higher number of microarousals presents relationship with SB; associations between SB and oxyhaemoglobin desaturations remained inconclusive; higher frequency of SB and microarousals was observed in NREM 2 sleep stage.
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- Polysomnography Service, Madre Teresa Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Dentistry Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Martynowicz H, Lavigne G, Kato T, Poreba R, Michalek-Zrabkowska M, Macek P, Gac P, Wojakowska A, Surowiak P, Mazur G, Wieckiewicz M. A case-control study on the effect of rhythmic masticatory muscle activity (RMMA) clusters on sleep fragmentation and severity of orofacial muscle pain in sleep bruxism. J Sleep Res 2024; 33:e14072. [PMID: 37859534 DOI: 10.1111/jsr.14072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Rhythmic masticatory muscle activity (RMMA) is a periodic muscle activity that characterises sleep bruxism (SB) events. These can occur as a single event, in pairs, or in clusters. Since RMMA episodes often occur in clusters and the relevance of this occurrence is unknown, we conducted a study to investigate the effect of RMMA clusters on sleep fragmentation and the severity of orofacial muscle pain. This study involved a secondary analysis using data from 184 adult subjects with orofacial muscle pain who underwent definitive polysomnography (PSG) for sleep bruxism diagnosis. Self-reported orofacial muscle pain (OFMP) was assessed using the numeric rating scale, and additional evaluation of side-to-side equivalence (symmetry) was described using a binary system. Among the 184 participants, 60.8% (n = 112) did not exhibit clusters and among the 72 participants with clusters, 36.1% (n = 26) and 63.9% (n = 46) were in the high and low RMMA frequency groups, respectively. The high SB group had significantly three times more phasic RMMA events than the noncluster group. A total of 89.67% (n = 165) of subjects reported orofacial muscle pain. While there was no difference in the severity of OFMP among groups, a significant decrease in symmetry between the severity of temporal muscle pain on the left and right sides was noted in the cluster group compared with the noncluster group. Clustering of RMMA events is associated with sleep fragmentation. The asymmetry of temporal muscle pain is related to the presence of RMMA clusters in sleep bruxism.
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- Helena Martynowicz
- Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universite de Montreal, CIUSSS Nord Ile de Montreal and CHUM, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan
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- Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Population Health, Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department and Clinic of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases, Hypertension and Clinical Oncology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Experimental Dentistry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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Zhu Y, Toyota R, Shiraishi Y, Katagiri A, Yamada M, Higashiyama M, Toyoda H, Lavigne G, Kato T. Sleep architecture as a candidate for phenotyping sleep bruxism: A narrative physiological review. J Oral Rehabil 2024; 51:87-102. [PMID: 37114936 DOI: 10.1111/joor.13482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sleep bruxism (SB), an oral behaviour in otherwise healthy individuals, is characterised by frequent rhythmic masticatory muscle activity (RMMA) during sleep. RMMA/SB episodes occur over various sleep stages (N1-N3 and rapid eye movement (REM)), sleep cycles (non-REM to REM), and frequently with microarousals. It currently remains unclear whether these characteristics of sleep architecture are phenotype candidates for the genesis of RMMA/SB. OBJECTIVES This narrative review investigated the relationship between sleep architecture and the occurrence of RMMA as a SB phenotype candidate. METHODS PubMed research was performed using keywords related to RMMA/SB and sleep architecture. RESULTS In non-SB and SB healthy individuals, RMMA episodes were most frequent in the light non-REM sleep stages N1 and N2, particularly during the ascending phase of sleep cycles. The onset of RMMA/SB episodes in healthy individuals was preceded by a physiological arousal sequence of autonomic cardiovascular to cortical activation. It was not possible to extract a consistent sleep architecture pattern in the presence of sleep comorbidities. The lack of standardisation and variability between subject complexified the search for specific sleep architecture phenotype(s). CONCLUSION In otherwise healthy individuals, the genesis of RMMA/SB episodes is largely affected by oscillations in the sleep stage and cycle as well as the occurrence of microarousal. Furthermore, a specific sleep architecture pattern cannot be confirmed in the presence of sleep comorbidity. Further studies are needed to delineate sleep architecture phenotype candidate(s) that contribute to the more accurate diagnosis of SB and treatment approaches using standardised and innovative methodologies.
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- Yiwen Zhu
- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan
- Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan
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- Faculte de medecine dentaire, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Japan
- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- Sleep Medicine Center, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan
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Bracci A, Lobbezoo F, Colonna A, Bender S, Conti PCR, Emodi-Perlman A, Häggman-Henrikson B, Klasser GD, Michelotti A, Lavigne GJ, Svensson P, Ahlberg J, Manfredini D. Research routes on awake bruxism metrics: Implications of the updated bruxism definition and evaluation strategies. J Oral Rehabil 2024; 51:150-161. [PMID: 37191494 DOI: 10.1111/joor.13514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND With time, due to the poor knowledge on it epidemiology, the need to focus on awake bruxism as a complement of sleep studies emerged. OBJECTIVE In line with a similar recent proposal for sleep bruxism (SB), defining clinically oriented research routes to implement knowledge on awake bruxism (AB) metrics is important for an enhanced comprehension of the full bruxism spectrum, that is better assessment and more efficient management. METHODS We summarised current strategies for AB assessment and proposed a research route for improving its metrics. RESULTS Most of the literature focuses on bruxism in general or SB in particular, whilst knowledge on AB is generally fragmental. Assessment can be based on non-instrumental or instrumental approaches. The former include self-report (questionnaires, oral history) and clinical examination, whilst the latter include electromyography (EMG) of jaw muscles during wakefulness as well as the technology-enhanced ecological momentary assesment (EMA). Phenotyping of different AB activities should be the target of a research task force. In the absence of available data on the frequency and intensity of wake-time bruxism-type masticatory muscle activity, any speculation about the identification of thresholds and criteria to identify bruxers is premature. Research routes in the field must focus on the improvement of data reliability and validity. CONCLUSIONS Probing deeper into the study of AB metrics is a fundamental step to assist clinicians in preventing and managing the putative consequences at the individual level. The present manuscript proposes some possible research routes to advance current knowledge. At different levels, instrumentally based and subject-based information must be gathered in a universally accepted standardised approach.
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- Alessandro Bracci
- Department of Neuroscience, School of Dentistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Technologies, School of Dentistry, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Texas A&M School of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Bauru School of Dentistry, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Oral Rehabilitation, The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Telaviv, Israel
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- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Oral Sciences, Section of Orthodontics and Temporomandibular Disorders, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, Research Centre, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, and Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Section for Orofacial Pain and Jaw Function, Department of Dentistry and Oral Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial, Diseases, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biomedical Technologies, School of Dentistry, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Haraki S, Tsujisaka A, Shiraishi Y, Toyota R, Katagiri A, Toyoda H, Ishigaki S, Taniike M, Kato T. Reciprocal first night effect on rhythmic and non-rhythmic oromotor episodes in moderate to severe primary sleep bruxism: A retrospective physiological study. J Oral Rehabil 2024; 51:131-142. [PMID: 37077152 DOI: 10.1111/joor.13474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sleep on the first night in a sleep laboratory is characterized by a lower sleep quality and frequency of rhythmic masticatory muscle activity (RMMA) than that on the second night in moderate to severe sleep bruxism (SB) patients. OBJECTIVE The aims of this study was to clarify the physiological factors contributing to the first night effect on oromotor activity during sleep and investigate whether physiological factors involved in the first night effect differed between rhythmic and non-rhythmic oromotor activities. METHODS Polysomnographic data collected on two consecutive nights from 15 moderate to severe SB subjects (F 7: M 8; age: 23.2 ± 1.3 [mean ± SD] years) were retrospectively analysed. Sleep variables, RMMA and non-specific masticatory muscle activity (NSMA) were scored in relation to episode types (i.e. phasic or tonic and cluster or isolated), sleep architecture and transient arousals. The relationships between nightly differences in oromotor and sleep variables were assessed. The distribution of oromotor events, arousals, cortical electroencephalographic power, RR intervals and heart rate variability were examined in relation to sleep cycle changes. These variables were compared between the first and second nights and between RMMA and NSMA. RESULTS Sleep variables showed a lower sleep quality on Night 1 than on Night 2. In comparisons with Night 1, the RMMA index increased by 18.8% (p < .001, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test) on Night 2, while the NSMA index decreased by 17.9% (p = .041). Changes in the RMMA index did not correlate with those in sleep variables, while changes in the NSMA index correlated with those in arousal-related variables (p < .001, Spearman's rank correlation). An increase in the RMMA index on Night 2 was found for the cluster type and stage N1 related to sleep cyclic fluctuations in cortical and cardiac activities. In contrast, the decrease in the NSMA index was associated with increases in the isolated type and the occurrence of stage N2 and wakefulness regardless of the sleep cycle. CONCLUSION Discrepancies in first night effect on the occurrence of RMMA and NSMA represent unique sleep-related processes in the genesis of oromotor phenotypes in SB subjects.
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- Shingo Haraki
- Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Prosthodontics, Gerodontology and Oral Rehabilitation, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Osaka University Hospital, Sleep Medicine Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Oral Physiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
- United Graduate School of Child Development, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
- Osaka University Hospital, Sleep Medicine Center, Osaka, Japan
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Cagna DR, Donovan TE, McKee JR, Eichmiller F, Metz JE, Marzola R, Murphy KG, Troeltzsch M. Annual review of selected scientific literature: A report of the Committee on Scientific Investigation of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry. J Prosthet Dent 2023; 130:453-532. [PMID: 37453884 DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2023.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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The Scientific Investigation Committee of the American Academy of Restorative Dentistry offers this review of the 2022 dental literature to briefly touch on several topics of interest to modern restorative dentistry. Each committee member brings discipline-specific expertise in their subject areas that include (in order of the appearance in this report): prosthodontics; periodontics, alveolar bone, and peri-implant tissues; dental materials and therapeutics; occlusion and temporomandibular disorders; sleep-related breathing disorders; oral medicine and oral and maxillofacial surgery; and dental caries and cariology. The authors focused their efforts on reporting information likely to influence the daily dental treatment decisions of the reader with an emphasis on innovations, new materials and processes, and future trends in dentistry. With the tremendous volume of literature published daily in dentistry and related disciplines, this review cannot be comprehensive. Instead, its purpose is to update interested readers and provide valuable resource material for those willing to subsequently pursue greater detail on their own. Our intent remains to assist colleagues in navigating the tremendous volume of newly minted information produced annually. Finally, we hope that readers find this work helpful in managing patients.
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- David R Cagna
- Professor, Associate Dean, Chair, and Residency Director, Department of Prosthodontics, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center College of Dentistry, Memphis, Tenn.
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- Professor, Department of Comprehensive Oral Health, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Private practice, Restorative Dentistry, Downers Grove, Ill
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- Vice President and Science Officer (Emeritus), Delta Dental of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wis
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- Private practice, Restorative Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio
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- Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Periodontics, University of Maryland College of Dentistry, Baltimore, Md
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- Private practice, Oral, Maxillofacial, and Facial Plastic Surgery, Ansbach, Germany; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Facial Plastic Surgery, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Kato T, Higashiyama M, Katagiri A, Toyoda H, Yamada M, Minota N, Katsura-Fuchihata S, Zhu Y. Understanding the pathophysiology of sleep bruxism based on human and animal studies: A narrative review. J Oral Biosci 2023; 65:156-162. [PMID: 37086888 DOI: 10.1016/j.job.2023.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 04/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sleep bruxism (SB) is a common sleep disorder that affects approximately 20% of children and 10% of adults. It may cause orodental problems, such as tooth wear, jaw pain, and temporal headaches. However, the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying SB remain largely unknown, and a definitive treatment has not yet been established. HIGHLIGHT Human studies involving polysomnography have shown that rhythmic masticatory muscle activity (RMMA) is more frequent in otherwise healthy individuals with SB than in normal individuals. RMMA occurs during light non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep in association with transient arousals and cyclic sleep processes. To further elucidate the neurophysiological mechanisms of SB, jaw motor activities have been investigated in naturally sleeping animals. These animals exhibit various contractions of masticatory muscles, including episodes of rhythmic and repetitive masticatory muscle bursts that occurred during non-REM sleep in association with cortical and cardiac activation, similar to those found in humans. Electrical microstimulation of corticobulbar tracts may also induce rhythmic masticatory muscle contractions during non-REM sleep, suggesting that the masticatory motor system is activated during non-REM sleep via excitatory inputs to the masticatory central pattern generator. CONCLUSION This review article summarizes the pathophysiology of SB and putative origin of RMMA in both human and animal studies. Physiological factors contributing to RMMA in SB have been identified in human studies and may also be present in animal models. Further research is required to integrate the findings between human and animal studies to better understand the mechanisms underlying SB.
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- Takafumi Kato
- Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Physiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Physiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Physiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Physiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Physiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan; Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Dental Anesthesiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Physiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan; Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Physiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Department of Oral Physiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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