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J Dent Res 54(6): 1120-1123, 1975
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An Evaluation of Bruxism Control: Massed Negative Practice and Automated Relaxation Training

ROBERT F. HELLER 1 and ALBERT G. FORGIONE 1

1 School of Education, Boston University, and School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA

Behavior modification techniques of massed negative practice and relaxation training were applied to separate groups of individuals who had been diagnosed as "bruxers" by multiple criteria. When assessed by an objective index of grinding, neither technique was found to have reduced bruxism significantly. Grinding and state of anxiety scores of bruxers were significantly higher than those of nonbruxing contiols. Bruxers did not differ from nonbruxers on trait anxiety measures.

Submitted on April 9, 1975
Accepted on April 9, 1975




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