Table 3.
Association between parafunctional habits and possible sleep bruxism.
| Parafunctional Habits | Bruxism (Yes) n (%) |
Bruxism (No) n (%) |
PR | CI 95% | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacifier | |||||
| ≥24 months | 37 (37.4) | 105 (43.0) | 1.27 | 0.78–2.04 | 0.132 |
| <24 months | 62 (62.6) | 139 (57.0) | |||
| Feeding Bottle | |||||
| ≥24 months | 51 (51.5) | 48 (48.5) | 1.03 | 0.64–1.64 | 0.907 |
| <24 months | 124 (50.8) | 120 (49.2) | |||
| Digital Sucking | |||||
| Presence | 0 (0.0) | 7 (2.9) | 0.199 | ||
| Absence | 99 (100) | 237 (97.1) | |||
| Nail Biting | |||||
| Presence | 27 (27.3) | 45 (18.4) | 1.66 | 0.96–2.87 | 0.069 |
| Absence | 72 (72.7) | 199 (81.6) | |||
| Mouth Breathing | |||||
| Presence | 14 (14.1) | 49 (20.1) | 0.66 | 0.34–1.25 | 0.198 |
| Absence | 85 (85.9) | 195 (79.9) | |||
| Lip Incompetence | |||||
| Presence | 0 (0.0) | 9 (7.8) | 0.003 | ||
| Absence | 99 (100) | 225 (92.2) | |||
PR: prevalence ratio; CI 95%: confidence interval; p: significances chi-squared test.