Self-Report of the Perception of Stress and Signs of Bruxism Generated during the Pandemic in Student of the Health Area

Bruxism is the repetitive muscle-mandibular behavior characterized by clenching and/or grinding of teeth, which reflects presence one or more underlying conditions factors. The objective this descriptive study was to determine association between bruxism and stress self-perceived during pandemic, as well their frequency gender academic area. An interrogation scale PSS-14 were applied students from different areas Institute Health Sciences (ICSa) absence symptom, a Chi-square used for comparison variables, considering value p<0.005 significant, two-way ANOVA performed evaluate difference symptoms before isolation pandemic. total number participants 825, final sample 420 obtained, made up 297 (70.72%) women 123 (29.28%) men, with an average age 20±1.75 years. We found severe generated social COVID-19 high perception in medicine area nutrition p>0.005. ICSa 18 24 perceive levels caused