SynthesisJournal of oral rehabilitation2025
Prevalence of Bruxism in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Journal of oral rehabilitation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Diagnosis of Awake Bruxism in Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Dental Traumatology in Contemporary Practice: From Evidence to Education and Clinical Practice.Dental traumatology : official publication of International Association for Dental Traumatology · 2026Article
- Behavioral and psychosocial correlates of awake bruxism behaviors in esports athletes: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Impact of Lifestyle and Physical Activity on Self-Reported Bruxism Symptoms in Young Adults.Maedica · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundBruxism is a behaviour that can be associated with negative health consequences, which may be exacerbated in athletes due to their exposure to anxiety situations during pre-competition and competition periods.
objectiveThis study aimed to synthesise available scientific evidence investigating the prevalence of sleep and/or awake bruxism in athletes.
methodsThis study followed PRISMA and PROSPERO (under number CRD42022301596). A literature search was conducted in 10 databases and grey literature. There were no restrictions on time or language, and observational studies demonstrating the prevalence of possible, probable, and/or definite sleep and/or awake bruxism in athletes and para-athletes, including both athletes and para-athletes from competitive categories, were included. No limitations were applied regarding the type of athlete, sport, age, or category (amateur or professional). The Joanna Briggs Institute Prevalence Critical Appraisal Tool was used to assess the risk of bias in the selected studies.
resultsA total of 1214 studies were identified, and 23 studies were included in the review. There was a predominance of cross-sectional studies (n = 16), with the number of athletes ranging from 20 to 370; the majority were male. Most studies have addressed bruxism generally without differentiating between awake and sleep bruxism (n = 14). The meta-analysis estimated the overall prevalence of bruxism in athletes at 34% (95% CI = 0.26-0.42), being higher in the subgroup of athletes (0.36; 95% CI = 0.27-0.47) than in para-athletes (0.27; 95% CI = 0.19-0.38).
conclusionThis study provided an estimate of the overall prevalence of bruxism in athletes and para-athletes, although it was not possible to determine this prevalence by sex, age, category, and sports discipline because of the limited number of studies reporting this prevalence separately. Regarding bruxism assessment, clinical examinations and questionnaires were used, with the majority using self-report questionnaires.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.