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. 2023 Feb 28;12(5):1904. doi: 10.3390/jcm12051904

Table 2.

Mean values of the frequency data (percentage of positive answers for the different AB behaviors over the 7-day observation period)—comparison among studies.

Bracci et al., 2018 [8] Zani et al., 2019 T1 [10] Zani et al., 2019 T2 [10] Pereira NC et al., 2020 [18] Câmara-Souza et al., 2020 [13] Zani et al., 2021 [14] Dias et al., 2021 T1 [12] Dias et al., 2021 T2 [12] Dias et al., 2021 T3 [12] Emodi-Perlman et al., 2021 [16] Bucci et al., 2022 [19]
N = 46 N = 30 N = 30 N = 38 N = 69 N = 153 N = 31 N = 31 N = 31 N = 106 N = 151
Activity Mean frequency Mean frequency Mean frequency Mean frequency Mean frequency Mean frequency Mean frequency Mean frequency Mean frequency Mean frequency Mean frequency
Relaxed jaw muscles 71.7 62 74 41.4 61,6 76.4 62.5 67.8 69.0 59.7 62.5
Teeth contact 14.5 20 11 40.9 18.6 13.6 19.1 16.2 14.7 20.2 18.8
Mandible bracing 10.0 14 13 5.9 13.1 7.0 17.2 16.9 15.8 13.7 14.3
Teeth clenching 3.7 3 2 11.2 5.9 2.5 4.9 2.3 1.9 5.7 3.6
Teeth grinding 0.1 1 1 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.5
Gender differences No No No No Yes Yes /// /// /// No ///