Is any academic discipline a risk factor for developing smoking habit and/or possible sleep bruxism? A study on university students

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether different disciplines of education have any impact on developing a smoking habit and/or possible sleep bruxism in university students from different disciplines of education, and to assess the potential relationship between smoking and possible sleep bruxism. Methods: The study was conducted retrospectively using data from questionnaires completed by a total of 457 university students including 195 males (43%) and 262 females (57%) with an age range of 17-34 years who admitted to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology of the Faculty of Dentistry, Cumhuriyet University for dental care between 2012 and 2014. On these questionnaires, responses to questions had been recorded. A chi-square test was utilized for the statistical analyses of the study findings using the SPSS 20.0 software. Results: Smoking habit was significantly more prevalent in engineering students and males (p 0.05). Conclusion: While different education disciplines were found to have an impact on smoking habit, they had no effect on possible sleep bruxism.