Prof. Dott. Alessandro Bracci - Curriculum

Laurea con lode in Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria nel 1985 presso l’Università degli studi di Genova.

• Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale di seconda fascia.

• Dal 2017, professore a contratto in “Gnatologia delle parafunzioni” presso il dipartimento di Neuroscienze della Facoltà di Odontoiatria e Protesi Dentaria, Università di Padova.

• Membro dell’ International Board “Bruxism Consensus Panel” nell’ambito del International Association for Dental Research, (London 2018, Vancouver 2019, ACTA 2020,New Orleans 2024, Barcellona 2025) e dell’ International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INFORM).

• 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 ).

• Associated Editor per il bruxismo per il Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice.

• 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 2017/18/19/20/21/22/23 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).

• Relatore a corsi e congressi nazionali sulle tematiche del bruxismo.

Autore di pubblicazioni su prestigiose riviste scientifiche internazionali:

• Co-autore, insieme al Prof. Frank Lobbezoo e al Prof. Daniele Manfredini, delle linee guida sul bruxismo del British Medical Journal nella monografia “Best Practice/Point of Care - bruxism" 2018-2024.

• Frequency of awake bruxism behaviours in the natural environment. A 7-day, multiple-point observation of real-time report in healthy young adults - A.Bracci, G.Djukic2, L. Favero, L. Salmaso, L. Guarda-Nardini, D. Manfredini - J Oral Rehabil. 2018;00:1–7.

• Ecological momentary assessment of awake bruxism behaviors. Possible developments and clinical usefulness of a smartphone application - A.Bracci, M. Lange, G. Djukic, L. Guarda-Nardini, D. Manfredini - Journal of Craniomandibular Function 2018;10(3):217–228.

• Ecological Momentary Assessment and Intervention Principles for the Study of Awake Bruxism Behaviors, Part 1 General Principles and Preliminary Data on Healthy Young Italian - A. Zani, F. Lobbezoo, A. Bracci, J. Ahlberg, D. Manfredini - Adults.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 Development of a Smartphone Application for a Multicenter Investigation and Chronological Translation for the Polish - A. Zani, F. Lobbezoo, A. Bracci, J. Ahlberg, D. Manfredini - Version.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 - Anna Colonna, Luca Lombardo, Giuseppe Siciliani, Alessandro Bracci, Luca Guarda-Nardini, Goran Djukic & Daniele Manfredini - 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 - D. Manfredini , A. Colonna , A. Bracci & F. Lobbezoo - Oral Surgery ISSN 1752-2471.

• Towards a Standardized Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism (STAB)—Overview and general remarks of a multidimensional bruxism evaluation system; Daniele Manfredini, Jari Ahlberg, Ghizlane Aarab, Alessandro Bracci, Justin Durham, Dominik Ettlin, Luigi M. Gallo, Michail Koutris, Peter Wetselaar, Peter Svensson, Frank. Lobbezoo - J Oral Rehabil. 2020;00:1–8.

• Awake Bruxism, Single-Point Self-Report versus Ecological Momentary Assessment - Alona Emodi-Perlman , Daniele Manfrendini, Tamar Shalev, Ilanit Yevdayev, Pessia Frideman-Rubin, Alessandro Bracci, Orit Arnias-Winocur and Ilana Eli- J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 1699. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10081699.

• Awake bruxism frequency and psychosocial factors in college preparatory students -Mariana Barbosa Câmara-Souza , Amanda Guimarães Carvalho , Olívia Maria Costa Figueredo , Alessandro Bracci , Daniele Manfredini & Renata Cunha Matheus Rodrigues Garcia- Cranio®: 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 - Alona Emodi‐Perlman, Daniele Manfredini , Tamar Shalev, Alessandro Bracci, Pessia Frideman‐Rubin and Ilana Eli- 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 - Ricardo Dias, Rui Vaz, Maria João, Rodrigues, Júnia Maria Serra-Negra, Alessandro Bracci, Daniele Manfredini.

• Smartphone-based evaluation of awake bruxism behaviours in a sample of healthy young adults: findings from two University centres - Alessandra Zani, Frank Lobbezoo, Alessandro Bracci, Goran Djukic, Luca Guarda-Nardini, Riccardo Favero, Marco Ferrari, Ghizlane Aarab, Daniele Manfredini- 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 – M. Tresoldi, R. Dias, A. Bracci, M. Segu`, L. Guarda-Nardini , D. Manfredini.

• Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives on Awake Bruxism Assessment: Expert Consensus Recommendations - Alessandro Bracci, Frank Lobbezoo, Birgitta Häggman-Henrikson , Anna Colonna , Laura Nykänen, Matteo Pollis , Jari Ahlberg, Daniele Manfredini and International Network for Orofacial Pain and Related Disorders Methodology (INfORM); 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 - Laura Nykänen , Daniele Manfredini, Frank Lobbezoo , Antti Kämppi , Anna Colonna , Alessandra Zani, André Mariz Almeida, Alona Emodi-Perlman , Aslak Savolainen, Alessandro Bracci and Jari Ahlberg - 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 - Rosaria Bucci, Daniele Manfredini , Francesca Lenci, Vittorio Simeon , Alessandro Bracci and Ambrosina Michelotti - 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 - D.Manfredini, J.Ahlberg, G.Aarab, A. Bracci, J. Durham, A. Emodi-Perlman, D. Ettlin, L. M. Gallo, B. Häggman-Henrikson - J Oral Rehabil. 2022;00:1–14. DOI: 10.1111/joor.13380.

• Standardized Tool for the Assessment of Bruxism (STAB) - D. Manfredini, J. Ahlberg ,G. Aarab , S. Bender, A. Bracci (et all.) J Oral Rehabil. 2023 Jan 3. doi: 10.1111/joor.13411.

• Ecological Momentary Assessment of Awake Bruxism Frequency in Patients with Different Temporomandibular Disorders – M. Barbosa Câmara-Souza, A. Bracci, A. Colonna, M. Ferrari, R. C. M.Rodrigues Garcia, D.Manfredini – J Clin Med. 2023 Jan 7;12(2):501. doi: 10.3390/jcm12020501.

• The bruxism screener (BruxScreen): development , pilot testing and face validity - F. Lobbezoo, J.Ahlberg, M.C. Verhoeff, G. Aarab, A. Bracci, M. Koutris, L. Nykänen, M. Thymi, P. Wetselaar, D. Manfredini - J Oral Rehabil. 2023;00:1–8.

• Research routes on awake bruxism metrics Implications of the updated bruxism - A.Bracci, F.Lobbezoo, A. Colonna, S. Bender, P. Conti, A. Emodi-Perlman, B. Häggman-Henrikson, G. Klasser, A. Michelotti, G. J. Lavigne, P. Svensson, J. Ahlberg, D. Manfredini - J Oral Rehabil. 2023;00:1–12.

• Smartphone application to report awake bruxism - N. Stanisic, C. Tu Do, S. Skarping, B. Chrcanovic, A. Bracci, D. Manfredini, B. Häggman-Henrikson J Oral Rehabil. 2023;00:1–8.

• Translation and cultural adaptation of the Standardized Tool for the the Assessment of Bruxism (STAB) and the Bruxism Screener (BruxScreen) - F. Lobbezoo, J. Ahlberg, M.C. Verhoeff, A. Bracci, L. Nykänen, D. Manfredini J Oral Rehabil. 2023;00:1–7.

• Awake bruxism behaviors frequency in a group of healthy young adults with different psychological scores - Ovidiu Ionut Saracutu, Daniele Manfredini, Alessandro Bracci, Edoardo Ferrari Cagidiaco, Marco Ferrari & Anna Colonna; CRANIO®, DOI: 10.1080/08869634.2024.2357199.

• Awake bruxism report in a population of dental students with and without ecological momentary assessment monitorization; a randomised trial - Ricardo Dias, Rui Lima, Ivana Prado, Anna Colonna, Junia Maria Serra-Negra, Alessandro Bracci, Daniele Manfredini - DOI: 10.1111/joor.13695 - J Oral Rehabil. 2024;00:1–8.

• Long-Term Study on the Fluctuation of Self-Reported Awake Bruxism in a Cohort of Healthy Young Adults - Anna Colonna, Frank Lobbezoo, Alessandro Bracci, Marco Ferrari, Matteo Val, Daniele Manfredini - doi.org/10.1111/joor.13872 - Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2024; 0:1–6.

• Temporomandibular disorders: INfORM/IADR key points for good clinical practice based on standard of care - Daniele Manfredini, Birgitta Häggman-Henrikson, Ahmad Al Jagshi, Lene Baad-Hansen, Emma Beecroft, Tessa Bijelic, Alessandro Bracci e all - CRANIO®: THE JOURNAL OF CRANIOMANDIBULAR & SLEEP PRACTICE - doi.org/10.1080/08869634.2024.2405298 -.

Esercita la libera professione a Pontedera (Pisa) dedicandosi prevalentemente alla Gnatologia e ai Disordini Temporomandibolari oltre che all’odontoiatria microscopica nell’ambito della conservativa ed endodonzia.