Diferencias en Estilos de Personalidad entre Pacientes Adultos Bruxómanos Céntricos y Excéntricos. Informe Preliminar

Abstract

Purpose: To establish if clenching and grinding patients have distinctive personality characteristics. Methods: On an intentioned sample of bruxers (n=58), partially edentulous patients with at least 20 remaining teeth, all of them working in their own particular professions, a clinical diagnose of bruxism was obtained by The American Association for Sleep Disorders Criteria. As a result of the criteria’s application, 25 patients were diagnosed as centric or clenchers adults, ages between 20-78 years (average 39.9), 13 women and 12 men. 33 patients were diagnosed as eccentric or grinder’s adults, ages between 24-72 years (average 44.45), 26 women and 7 men. Millon´s personality stile test was applied to them at the beginning of their dental tratment. Data from both groups was collected and analyzed by Mann-Whitney test. Results: On the twelve dimensions of the Millon`s personality test results between the centric and eccentric bruxers, there was only one dimension with a statistically significant difference: Feeling-Guided, only expressed on grinders bruxers. Conclutions: Centric and eccentric bruxers patients possess distinctive personality characteristics in the Feeling- Guided area. This allows the possibility of an specific treatment by type of bruxism.