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Relationship of bruxism with oral health-related quality of life and facial muscle pain in dentate individuals.

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To determine whether there is a correlation of bruxism (sleep, daytime, or both) with oral health-related quality of life and facial pain of muscular origin in dentate individuals.Seventy-four dentate patients (complete dentition) were included in this study. These individuals had pain in the facial muscles due to temporomandibular disorder (TMD). Smokers; and those with obstructive sleep apnea, TMD of joint origin associated or not with pain, malocclusion, and cancer; and users of illicit drugs, psychiatric medications, and alcohol were excluded. Obstructive sleep apnea, bruxism (of sleep and/or daytime), facial muscle pain, and oral health-related quality of life were assessed by the following questionnaires: Berlin Questionnaire, PintadoThere was a positive correlation of daytime bruxism with mean pain in the last 3 months (Bruxism (sleep, daytime, or both) showed a positive correlation with lower oral health-related quality of life (