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Overview

Frank Lobbezoo is affiliated with the Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research has been published extensively in the fields of medicine and health professions, with a particular focus on complementary and manual therapy, physiology, neurology, periodontics, and rheumatology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Oropharyngeal Anatomy and Pathologies
  • Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders

Frequent co-authors include Ghizlane Aarab, Daniele Manfredini, Merel C. Verhoeff, Michail Koutris, and Jari Ahlberg.

Lobbezoo has published numerous papers in several key journals. Prominent publication venues are:

  • Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
  • CRANIO®
  • Sleep And Breathing
  • Clinical Oral Investigations
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Standardised Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism," 2023, Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
  • "Increasing gender differences in the prevalence and chronification of orofacial pain in the population," 2020, Pain
  • "Towards a Standardized Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism (STAB)-Overview and general remarks of a multidimensional bruxism evaluation system," 2020, Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
  • "Oral frailty indicators to target major adverse health-related outcomes in older age: a systematic review," 2022, GeroScience
  • "Medications and addictive substances potentially inducing or attenuating sleep bruxism and/or awake bruxism," 2020, Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Best Publications

  • Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD) for Clinical and Research Applications: recommendations of the International RDC/TMD Consortium Network* and Orofacial Pain Special Interest Group†

    Eric L Schiffman;Richard Ohrbach;Edmond Truelove;John O Look

  • Bruxism defined and graded: an international consensus

    F. Lobbezoo;J. Ahlberg;A. G. Glaros;T. Kato

  • International consensus on the assessment of bruxism : Report of a work in progress

    F. Lobbezoo;J. Ahlberg;K. G. Raphael;P. Wetselaar

  • Research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review of axis I epidemiologic findings

    Daniele Manfredini;Luca Guarda-Nardini;Ephraim Winocur;Fabio Piccotti

  • Bruxism is mainly regulated centrally, not peripherally.

    F. Lobbezoo;M. Naeije

  • Epidemiology of Bruxism in Adults: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Daniele Manfredini;Ephraim Winocur;Luca Guarda-Nardini;Daniel A. Paesani

  • Role of psychosocial factors in the etiology of bruxism.

    Daniele Manfredini;Frank Lobbezoo

  • Relationship between bruxism and temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review of literature from 1998 to 2008.

    D. Manfredini;F. Lobbezoo

  • Expanding the taxonomy of the diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders

    C. C. Peck;J. P. Goulet;F. Lobbezoo;Eric L Schiffman

  • Principles for the management of bruxism.

    F. Lobbezoo;J. van der Zaag;M.K.A. van Selms;H.L. Hamburger

  • Do bruxism and temporomandibular disorders have a cause-and-effect relationship?

    Frank Lobbezoo;Giller J. Lavigne

  • Bruxism: its multiple causes and its effects on dental implants - an updated review.

    F. Lobbezoo;J. Van Der Zaag;M. Naeije

  • Prevalence of sleep bruxism in children: a systematic review of the literature.

    D. Manfredini;C. Restrepo;K. Diaz-Serrano;K. Diaz-Serrano;E. Winocur

  • The effect of the catecholamine precursor L‐Dopa on sleep bruxism: A controlled clinical trial

    F. Lobbezoo;G. J. Lavigne;R. Tanguay;J. Y. Montplaisir

  • Cigarette smoking as a risk factor or an exacerbating factor for restless legs syndrome and sleep bruxism.

    Gilles J. Lavigne;Frank Lobbezoo;Pierre H. Rompré;Tore A. Nielsen

  • Mastication for the mind-The relationship between mastication and cognition in ageing and dementia

    R.A.F. Weijenberg;E.J.A. Scherder;F. Lobbezoo

  • Controlled assessment of the efficacy of occlusal stabilization splints on sleep bruxism.

    Jacques van der Zaag;Frank Lobbezoo;Darrel J Wicks;Corine M Visscher

  • Dental implants in patients with bruxing habits.

    F. Lobbezoo;J. E. I. G. Brouwers;M.S. Cune;M. Naeije

  • Prevalence of cervical spinal pain in craniomandibular pain patients.

    C M Visscher;F Lobbezoo;W de Boer;J van der Zaag

  • Sleep disorders and the dental patient: an overview.

    Gilles J. Lavigne;Jean-Paul Goulet;Marco Zuconni;Florence Morisson

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik J. A. Scherder
Erik J. A. Scherder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter Svensson
Peter Svensson Aarhus University
Gilles J. Lavigne
Gilles J. Lavigne University of Montreal
Kelun Wang
Kelun Wang Aalborg University
Jacques Montplaisir
Jacques Montplaisir University of Montreal
Vincent Everts
Vincent Everts University of Amsterdam
Carlo Schuengel
Carlo Schuengel Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Heleen M. Evenhuis
Heleen M. Evenhuis Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Kemal S. Türker
Kemal S. Türker Istanbul Gelişim University

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