A world panorama of bruxism in children and adolescents with emphasis on associated sleep features: a bibliometric analysis.

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES\nTo present a world panorama of the published papers on bruxism in children and adolescents, emphasizing the characteristics of studies related to the sleep features of these patients.\n\n\nMETHODS\nLiterature searches were conducted in six databases without language or date restrictions. Data on the titles, types of study, main subjects, countries of origin, keywords, years of publication, authors and their network collaborations, journals, and sleep studies were extracted and analyzed in VantagePoint™ software.\n\n\nRESULTS\nA total of 725 studies met the eligibility criteria. Most included only children (75.31%), with observational design (66.34%), and risk or etiology (53.93%) as the main subject. Brazil (18.06%) and Brazilian authors (54.84%) had the largest number of studies, with a low amount of network collaboration. The Journal of Oral Rehabilitation published most of the studies (6.2%); publications in this field have grown considerably from 2000 to 2020. Of the studies, 123 (16.96%) included sleep studies; night sweating, restless sleep, sleep talking, mouth breathing, snoring, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, sleep-disordered breathing, nightmares, poor sleep quality and duration, and daytime naps were significantly associated with bruxism in most.\n\n\nCONCLUSION\nStudies on bruxism in children and adolescents have increased in the past 20 years, with most being observational, and risk or etiology as the main subject. Brazil and the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation have published most in the field. Sleep studies have shown some features associated with bruxism, such as night sweating, restless sleep, somniloquy, snoring, breathing problems, nightmares, daytime naps, and poor sleep quality and duration.