Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: December | Volume: 7 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 210-216
Prevalence and Association of Bruxism and Emotional Stress among Male and Female Dental Undergraduate Students at AIMST University, Malaysia
Leneena Gudugunta1, Bhavana Vankayala2, Chen Jun Sen3, Cheah Jia Jie4, Chew Khai Yin5, Preetha Anand6
1Faculty in dentistry, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, AIMST University, Malaysia.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
3UG Student, AIMST University, Malaysia.
4UG Student, AIMST University, Malaysia.
5UG Student, AIMST University, Malaysia.
6Faculty in dentistry, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, AIMST University, Malaysia.
Corresponding Author: Bhavana Vankayala
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to assess the prevalence and association of Bruxism and emotional stress among dental undergraduate students at AIMST University, investigate the association between bruxism and emotional stress among dental undergraduate students at AIMST University, investigate the association between bruxism and year of study among dental undergraduate students at AIMST University, and investigate the prevalence of emotional stress among dental undergraduate students at AIMST University. A cross sectional study was conducted at AIMST University. Final sample included 104 undergraduate dental students. Bruxism was diagnosed by the presence of aligned dental wear facets associated with the presence of one of the following signs or symptoms: self-report of tooth-grinding, painful sensitivity of the masseter and temporal muscles, discomfort in the jaw musculature upon waking. The Stress Symptoms Inventory (SSI) was applied to evaluate emotional stress. AIMST BDS programme is a 5 year programme, year 2 and year 5 were being assumed as more stressful as year 2 is subjected to greater amount of theoretical examinations and year 5 students need to fulfil significant amount of clinical quota to complete the course. Results show prevalence of stress among dental students was 75% regardless of year of studies the student belonged to. Prevalence of bruxism in the 104 selected AIMST dental students was 27.9%. The Chi-square test indicated there is significant association between Bruxism and Emotional Stress.(P<0.05). No significant association between Bruxism and Gender(P=0.069) or between Bruxism and Year of Study, and no significant association between stress and year of study. Hence it can be concluded that emotional stress was associated with bruxism, independently of gender and the year of studies of dental undergraduate students of AIMST University.
Keywords: Bruxism, Stress, wear facets.
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