-
Reviews
Back to Reviews
-
What are the main claims of the paper and how important are they?
This paper claims that there might be situations and neurotransmitters which are unrelated to dental malocclusion which might be the cause of nocturnal bruxism.
-
Are these claims novel? If not, please specify papers that weaken the claims to the originality of this one.
Yes
-
Are the claims properly placed in the context of the previous literature?
Yes
-
Do the results support the claims? If not, what other evidence is required?
Yes
-
If a protocol is provided, for example for a randomized controlled trial, are there any important deviations from it? If so, have the authors explained adequately why the deviations occurred?
No
-
Is the methodology valid? Does the paper offer enough details of its methodology that its experiments or its analyses could be reproduced?
Yes
-
Would any other experiments or additional information improve the paper? How much better would the paper be if this extra work was done, and how difficult would such work be to do, or to provide?
No
-
Is this paper outstanding in its discipline? (For example, would you like to see this work presented in a seminar at your hospital or university? Do you feel these results need to be incorporated in your next general lecture on the subject?) If yes, what makes it outstanding? If not, why not?
This paper would definitely be a great continuing education course for a wide array of health care professionals including dentists.
-
Other Comments:
The table which shows the electromyography of the temporalis and masseter muscles is very informative. The authors provide helpful figures which summarize the electromyographic findings of their research. The researchers performed surface electromyography on three individuals whose spouses were complaining of continuous nocturnal rumours related to teeth grinding.
-
Competing interests:
None
-
Invited by the author to review this article? :
No -
Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
No
-
References:
No
-
Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:
Clinical associate professor
- How to cite: Maloney W J.Nocturnal Bruxism[Review of the article 'Nocturnal Bruxism: Still a Nosological Conundrum? ' by Vyshka G].WebmedCentral 2013;4(5):WMCRW002718
They do not specify their claims, but it seems it is to present the EMG rsults of some masticatory muscles from 3 patients.
No. there are a lot of literature on this matter.
Yes.
Yes
Results of this study are based in three patients only and it makes the results of this study relevant.
Yes
This paper can be improved if results from more patients are added.
No.
None
None
No
No
No
I am an Oral and maxillofacial Pathologist.