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Knowledge and Prevalence of Bruxism and Its Association With Stress Among Clinical-Year Dental and Medical Students at the University of Ghana.

International journal of dentistry · Daabaar ST, Nimako-Boateng JK, Tormeti D, Dai-Kosi A, Sackeyfio J, Appiah EK, Ohene-Marfo E · 2026-10-15

Clinical-year Ghanaian dental and medical students showed low bruxism knowledge (19.6%), with dental students significantly more informed than medical students. Self-reported bruxism symptoms were common (9.3%), and stress showed a weak but statistically significant positive correlation with bruxism scores.

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