Bruxism and oral health-related quality of life among male inmates in a penal institution, Mysore: A cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Ravi Kumar Thetakala (Author), B R Chandrashekar (Author), S Sunitha (Author), M Maurya (Author), Priyanka Sharma (Author), G Shubhi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: One of the widespread problems of oral health is bruxism and is defined as a parafunctional habit with involuntary grinding and gnashing of the teeth occurring during sleep. However, bruxism is connected to anxiety and stress, but the published literature on bruxism among prison inmates...