Personale docente

Alessandro Bracci

E-mail: alessandro.bracci@unipd.it

• Membro dell’ International Board “Bruxism Consensus Panel” nell’ambito del International Association for Dental Research e dell’ International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INFORM) dal 2018.
• Presidente e organizzatore del Simposio internazionale “Standardized Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism (STAB) and BruxScreen” nell’ambito del del International Association for Dental Research IADR/AADOCR/CADR General Session & Exhibition (New Orleans 2024 )
• Responsabile e coordinatore, insieme al prof. D. Manfredini, dei Progetti di Ricerca Multicentrici Internazionali “AWAKE BRUXISM ASSESSMENT AND CLINICAL CORRELATES” e “ BRUXISM: CURRENT CHALLANGES AND INNOVATIVE TREATMENT” come guest editor del Journal of Clinical Medicine.
• Co-autore delle linee guida internazionali “Standardized Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism” pubblicate a cura del Journal of Oral Rehabilitation.
• Co-autore delle linee guida 2017- 2024 of the British Medical Journal nella monografia “Best Practice/Point of Care-bruxism”.
• Vincitore del premio “Alex-Motsch-Preis 2018” come miglior articolo scientifico 2018 per conto della Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Funktionsdiagnostik und-therapie.
• Socio fondatore e vice presidente del Gruppo di Studio Italiano Dolore orofacciale e Disordini Temporomandibolari (GSID)
• Associated Editor per il bruxismo per il Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice.
• Relatore a corsi e congressi nazionali sulle tematiche del bruxismo.
• Autore di pubblicazioni sul bruxismo su prestigiose riviste internazionali


• Co-autore, British Medical Journal nella monografia “Best Practice/Point of Care - bruxism"
• Frequency of awake bruxism behaviours in the natural environment. A 7-day, multiple-point observation of real-time report in healthy young adults - J Oral Rehabil. 2018;00:1–7.
• Ecological momentary assessment of awake bruxism behaviors. Possible developments and clinical usefulness of a smartphone application - Journal of Craniomandibular Function 2018;10(3):217–228
• Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention Principles for the Study of Awake Bruxism Behaviors, Part 1 Frontiers in Neurology; 1 March 2019 | Volume 10 | Article 169
• Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention Principles for the Study of Awake Bruxism Behaviors, Part 2 Frontiers in Neurology; 1 March 2019 | Volume 10 | Article 170
• Smartphone-based application for EMA assessment of awake bruxism: compliance evaluation in a sample of healthy young adults - Clinical Oral Investigations - ISSN 1432-6981 - Clin Oral Invest - DOI 10.1007/s00784-019-03098-2
• Bruxism: a summary of current knowledge on aetiology, assessment and management - Surgery ISSN 1752-2471
• Towards a Standardized Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism (STAB)—Overview and general remarks of a multidimensional bruxism evaluation system; - J Oral Rehabil. 2020;00:1–8.
• Awake Bruxism, Single-Point Self-Report versus Ecological Momentary Assessment - J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 1699. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10081699
• Awake bruxism frequency and psychosocial factors in college preparatory students -The Journal Of Craniomandibular & Sleep Practice -https://doi.org/10.1080/08869634.2020.1829289
• Psychosocial and Behavioral Factors in Awake Bruxism— Self‐Report Versus Ecological Momentary Assessment - J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 4447. doi.org/10.3390/jcm10194447
• Utility of Smartphone-based real-time report (Ecological Momentary Assessment) in the assessment and monitoring of awake bruxism: A multiple-week interval study in a Portuguese population of university students -
• Smartphone-based evaluation of awake bruxism behaviours in a sample of healthy young adults: findings from two University centres - J Oral Rehabil. 2021;00:1–7.
• Co-author - Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine,7°E – Chapter 171_Management of Sleep Bruxism-Psychological,Dental and Medical Approaches in Adults – D. Manfredini; A. Herrero Babiloni; A. Bracci; F. Lobbezoo
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evaluation of Closed-Mouth TMJ Disc-Condyle Relationship in a Population of Patients Seeking for Temporomandibular Disorders Advice.
• Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives on Awake Bruxism Assessment: Expert Consensus Recommendations - J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 5083
• Ecological Momentary Assessment of Awake Bruxism with a Smartphone Application Requires Prior Patient Instruction for Enhanced Terminology Comprehension: A Multi-Center Study - J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 3444. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11123444
• Comparison between Ecological Momentary Assessment and Questionnaire for Assessing the Frequency of Waking-Time Non-Functional Oral Behaviours - J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 5880. Doi:10.3390/jcm11195880
• The development of the Standardised Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism (STAB): An international road map - J Oral Rehabil. 2022;00:1–14. DOI: 10.1111/joor.13380
• Standardized Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism (STAB) - J Oral Rehabil. 2023 Jan 3. doi: 10.1111/joor.13411.

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BRUXISMO, DISORDINI TEMPORO MANDIBOLARI E DOLORE OROFACCIALE
Responsabile e coordinatore, insieme al prof. D. Manfredini, dei Progetti di Ricerca Multicentrici Internazionali “AWAKE BRUXISM ASSESSMENT AND CLINICAL CORRELATES” e “ BRUXISM: CURRENT CHALLANGES AND INNOVATIVE TREATMENT” come guest editor del Journal of Clinical Medicine.

-Studio clinico controllato sull’efficacia dell’artrocentesi con posizionamento di membrana amniotica o di acido ialuronico nei pazienti con artrosi dell’articolazione temporomandibolare.
- Correlazione tra disordini temporomandibolari e bruxismo della veglia e del sonno: studio sperimentale su pazienti.
- Studio di associazione tra bruxismo del sonno e bruxismo della veglia; nuove metodologie di valutazione.
- Associazione tra la personalità cronotipo e i comportamenti muscolari nel bruxismo del sonno e della veglia.
- Prevalenza del Bruxismo e delle attività parafunzionali della lingua in una popolazione di giovani soggetti sani: una innovativa metodologia di valutazione.
- Nuove metodologie per la valutazione del bruxismo del sonno e sintomatologia correlata: studio di associazione tra self report STAB e un dispositivo inter-occlusale.