title: Association between sleep bruxism and stress sensitivity in an experimental psychological stress task.
abstract: The objective of this study was to examine the association between sleep bruxism and psychological stress. The subjects consisted of 76 volunteers, who were divided into those with and without bruxism according to the diagnostic criteria for sleep bruxism outlined by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Stress sensitivity was evaluated before and after an experimental stress task, which involved simple mathematical calculations. It was assessed objectively by measuring the subjects' salivary chromogranin A (CgA) levels and subjectively using a ten-division visual analog scale (VAS). Compared with those observed before the stress task, the mean salivary CgA levels of the non-bruxism group (n = 54) were not significantly increased after the stress task. Conversely, the mean salivary CgA levels of the bruxism group (n = 22) were significantly increased after the stress task (P < 0.01). The mean VAS scores of the groups without (n = 54) and with (n = 22) bruxism were significantly (P < 0.01) increased after the stress task compared with those observed before the stress task, but no differences were detected between the two groups in the stress task. These findings suggest that there is an association between sleep bruxism and psychological stress sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Hiroshima University Hospital Clinic of Prosthetic Dentistry, Japan. abekura@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abekura
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: Tomohisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okura
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kagawa
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadamori
authors.forename: Yasumasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akagawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D053379:Chromogranin A / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism; D020186:Sleep Bruxism / Q000378:metabolism / Q000523:psychology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological
chemical_list: D053379:Chromogranin A