Table 2.

Comparison of Oral Parafunctional Habits and Other Dysfunctions Between Groups During the Last 3 Months

	Bruxism (n = 48)		Control (n = 48)		P value*
	n	%	n	%
Thumb sucking	3	6.3	2	4.2	1.000
Finger sucking	2	4.2	2	2.1	1.000
Nail biting	17	35.4	8	16.7	.062
Lip biting	15	31.3	6	12.5	.057
Chewing a pen or pencil	13	27.1	2	4.2	.004*

Statistically significant (P < .05) according to chi-square test.