Appendix 2 - Articles excluded and the reasons for exclusion (n=18).
Reference / Author / Reasons for Exclusion*1. / Auskalnis, A., et al. (2015) [1] / 2
2. / Çagirankaya, B. L., et al. (2005) [2] / 4
3. / Clifford, T., et al. (1996) [3] / 4
4. / Cortes, A. R. G., et al. (2014) [4] / 4
5. / Eggen, S. (1988) [5] / 4
6. / Eggen, S. (1989) [6] / 4
7. / Eggen, S. (1992) [7] / 4
8. / Eggen, S. and B. Natvig (1991) [8] / 5
9. / Estafan, A., et al. (2005) [9] / 5
10. / Igarashi, Y., et al. (2008) [10] / 2
11. / Jeong, C. W. (2014) [11] / 1
12. / Jeong, C. W. (2014-2) [12] / 1
13. / Kataoka, K., et al. (2015) [13] / 5
14. / Mendes da Silva, J. et al. (2016) [14] / 5
15. / Serra, V. B. R. et al. (2005) [15] / 4
16. / Sirirungrojying, S. and D. Kerdpon (1999) [16] / 5
17. / Vilar, J. M., et al. (2001) [17] / 1
18. / Yoshinaka, M., et al. (2014) [18] / 6
Legend: 1) Reviews, letters, posters, conference abstracts, case reports and personal opinions; 2) Studies in which plaster models was used for the analyses, excluding physical examination; 3) Studies in which sample includes craniofacial genetic syndromes or neuromuscular diseases; 4) Studies in which diagnostic criteria or signs and symptoms of bruxism were not reported or could not be categorically discerned; 5) Studies with different objectives; 6) Studies in which sample was already reported in another included study by the same author.
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