Experience with bruxism in the everyday oral implantology practice in the Netherlands:a qualitative study

Objective: To explore how bruxism is dealt with by accredited oral implantologists within daily clinical practice. Materials and methods: Nine semi-structured interviews of oral implantologists practicing in non-academic clinical practices in the Netherlands were performed, and thematic analysis was conducted using a framework-based approach. Results: Oral implant treatments in bruxing patients were a generally well-accepted practice. Complications were often expected, with most being of minor impact. Contradictive attitudes emerged on the topic of bruxism being an etiologic factor for peri-im... Mehr ...