Why have a consultation in the area?

How can the dentist help you?

If you cannot solve your bruxism problem on your own, you can be followed up by a locally specialised dentist. At the practice, the dentist can perform a clinical examination, specifically assessing:

• Any dental wear or compromise

• The condition of the temporomandibular joints

• The state of the chewing muscles

• The parameters of mouth functionality

• Muscle activity, thanks to diagnostic tools such as Surface Electromyography

• Possible co-morbidities

Professionals also have specific history and clinical records at their disposal, i.e. medical questionnaires focused on bruxism according to the Standardised Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism recently published in the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation.

To manage sleep bruxism, the use of the Bite, a custom-made intra-oral device useful to modulate the muscular forces that are discharged on the teeth, may also be considered.

Or, to manage awake bruxism, the use of different strategies, from cognitive-behavioural to deterrents, may be considered.

With BruxApp Cloud, you create an immediate connection between doctor and patient. Here’s how.

1 The platform collects all the data of the test performed and processes it by generating graphs useful for assessing, managing and monitoring the patient. 

2 The  patient has his or her own account in which he or she can check how his or her test sessions, preliminary assessment and psycho-emotional tension index are progressing.

3 Within the account, the patient can “log in” the professionals with whom they wish to interact directly.

4 Professionals also have their own account through which they can “log in” their patients and get a complete picture thanks to the graphs generated after the test.

Thanks to the collaboration with the Italian Study Group on Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorders (GSID), our network of dentists with expertise in bruxism is composed only of professionals who have completed the training and continuing education programmes in Bruxism, Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain at the Orofacial Pain Academy, under the direction of Prof. Daniele Manfredini, one of the leading international experts in the field.

If you are a dentist, discover the Academy! 

Bruxism is not just about grinding the teeth, but mainly keeping the jaws clenched. It is an activity of the chewing muscles (but not only that!) with a complex architecture of causes and effects.

This is why its management may also require other skills, including that of the physiotherapist, especially when pain or impaired chewing function is also involved.

Therefore, close cooperation between dentist and physiotherapist is highly desirable. Together, they can tackle and solve even the most complex cases.