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A new perspective on bruxism in children: probiotics

A new perspective on bruxism in children: probiotics

Status
Unknown
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20230111012
Enrollment
40
Registered
2023-01-11
Start date
2023-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Sleep bruxism is a multifactorial disease which is ethiologically controversial, highly frequent and it affects the daily life both phsyologically and socially. The awareness about this disease is difficult due to the occurence during the sleep. Long term unawareness of this condition generates symptoms that can be handled with more effort. Children are a group of patient which makes the situation harder because of the difficulties they have about mentioning the problem. The problem needs

Interventions

It is thought that the starting point of the psychological symptoms of the stress level and emotional changes experienced in today&#039
s living conditions is the intestinal flora. We support the view that prebiotics and probiotics, which are functional foods with therapeutic content, will be effective in situations that arise due to

Sponsors

Tugce Nur Sahin
Lead Sponsor
Elif Esra Ozmen
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
9 Years to 12 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: children who have bruxism, children without rheumatological disease, children who have not been exposed to trauma in the last 1 year, children who do not have temporomandibular joint problems due to internal reasons, children who do not use any medication, children of families who agreed to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children whose families do not accept to participate in the study, children with intra-articular inflammation problems, children with any systemic disease and therefore taking medication

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
functional mouth opening 1 MONTH DC/TMD,posture irregularities 1 MONTH posturescreen application

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
anxiety level 1 MONTH Beck Depression Score

Countries

Turkey

Contacts

Public ContactTugce Sahin

Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University

tugcenpekdemir@gmail.com905425530603

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026