Awake Bruxism Treated With Quetiapine in a Patient With Alzheimer’s Dementia
Aims: Bruxism is a stereotyped movement disorder of tooth grinding or clenching. Unlike sleep bruxism, awake bruxism is not a sleep disorder, but is secondary to disorders of the central nervous system, such as Parkinson’s disease, stroke and advanced dementia. We report a case of debilitating awake...
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| description | Aims: Bruxism is a stereotyped movement disorder of tooth grinding or clenching. Unlike sleep bruxism, awake bruxism is not a sleep disorder, but is secondary to disorders of the central nervous system, such as Parkinson’s disease, stroke and advanced dementia. We report a case of debilitating awake bruxism that developed during the course of Alzheimer’s dementia, unrelated to neuroleptic use. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-db12e1debcc7464d9e0157e72f588aef2025-08-20T02:50:52ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S306S30710.1192/bjo.2025.10738Awake Bruxism Treated With Quetiapine in a Patient With Alzheimer’s DementiaRegina Rachel Khakha0Seema Rani1ESIC Medical College & Hospital, Faridabad, IndiaUniversity College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, IndiaAims: Bruxism is a stereotyped movement disorder of tooth grinding or clenching. Unlike sleep bruxism, awake bruxism is not a sleep disorder, but is secondary to disorders of the central nervous system, such as Parkinson’s disease, stroke and advanced dementia. We report a case of debilitating awake bruxism that developed during the course of Alzheimer’s dementia, unrelated to neuroleptic use.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425107382/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Regina Rachel Khakha Seema Rani Awake Bruxism Treated With Quetiapine in a Patient With Alzheimer’s Dementia BJPsych Open |
| title | Awake Bruxism Treated With Quetiapine in a Patient With Alzheimer’s Dementia |
| title_full | Awake Bruxism Treated With Quetiapine in a Patient With Alzheimer’s Dementia |
| title_fullStr | Awake Bruxism Treated With Quetiapine in a Patient With Alzheimer’s Dementia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awake Bruxism Treated With Quetiapine in a Patient With Alzheimer’s Dementia |
| title_short | Awake Bruxism Treated With Quetiapine in a Patient With Alzheimer’s Dementia |
| title_sort | awake bruxism treated with quetiapine in a patient with alzheimer s dementia |
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