Frank Lobbezoo

30.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
533 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Frank Lobbezoo is a scholar working on Complementary and Manual Therapy, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Lobbezoo has authored 533 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 347 papers in Complementary and Manual Therapy, 216 papers in Physiology and 124 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Frank Lobbezoo's work include Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (347 papers), Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (143 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (94 papers). Frank Lobbezoo is often cited by papers focused on Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (347 papers), Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (143 papers) and Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders (94 papers). Frank Lobbezoo collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and Finland. Frank Lobbezoo's co-authors include Daniele Manfredini, M. Naeije, Jari Ahlberg, Corine M. Visscher, Ephraim Winocur, Luca Guarda‐Nardini, Gilles Lavigne, Ghizlane Aarab, Peter Svensson and Peter Wetselaar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Frank Lobbezoo

518 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Bruxism defined and graded: an international consensus

2012 883 citations Frank Lobbezoo, Jari Ahlberg et al. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation profile →
International consensus on the assessment of bruxism: Report of a work in progress

2018 847 citations Frank Lobbezoo, Jari Ahlberg et al. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation profile →
Research diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders: a systematic review of axis I epidemiologic findings

2011 571 citations Daniele Manfredini, Jari Ahlberg et al. profile →
Epidemiology of Bruxism in Adults: A Systematic Review of the Literature

2013 509 citations Daniele Manfredini, Frank Lobbezoo et al. profile →
Updating the Bruxism Definitions: Report of an International Consensus Meeting

2025 13 citations Merel C. Verhoeff, Frank Lobbezoo et al. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Lobbezoo Netherlands	65	12.6k	6.9k	4.6k	3.9k	3.8k	533	18.1k
Daniele Manfredini Italy	60	11.4k 0.9×	4.3k 0.6×	4.1k 0.9×	4.0k 1.0×	3.7k 1.0×	316	13.5k
Gilles Lavigne Canada	67	8.2k 0.6×	7.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.4×	2.1k 0.5×	3.7k 1.0×	284	16.5k
Peter Svensson Denmark	63	7.3k 0.6×	9.7k 1.4×	1.5k 0.3×	1.6k 0.4×	4.2k 1.1×	577	19.0k
Richard Ohrbach United States	54	7.3k 0.6×	4.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	2.1k 0.5×	3.3k 0.9×	195	10.5k
Linda LeResche United States	44	5.9k 0.5×	3.7k 0.5×	1.5k 0.3×	2.0k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	100	12.4k
Samuel F. Dworkin United States	52	7.7k 0.6×	4.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.4×	2.4k 0.6×	3.5k 0.9×	134	15.5k
Gunnar E. Carlsson Sweden	77	7.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.3×	7.0k 1.5×	2.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.5×	257	16.6k
Ephraim Winocur Israel	34	4.9k 0.4×	2.1k 0.3×	1.7k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	1.4k 0.4×	83	5.9k
Jari Ahlberg Finland	34	4.3k 0.3×	2.0k 0.3×	1.6k 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.3×	98	5.5k
James P. Lund Canada	60	3.3k 0.3×	2.4k 0.3×	1.7k 0.4×	699 0.2×	1.4k 0.4×	145	10.1k

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Jongh, Ad de, et al.. (2025). Network Analysis of Temporomandibular Disorder Pain and Subject‐Based Bruxism in Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder Patients. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 52(9). 1399–1406.

Pollis, Matteo, et al.. (2025). Psychological Distress: A Mediating Factor in the Relationship Between Sleep Bruxism and Tobacco Smoking. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 52(9). 1267–1274. 3 indexed citations

Abbasnejad, Mehdi, et al.. (2025). The involvement of orexin-1 receptors in modulation of feeding and anxiety-like behavior in rats with complete Freund’s adjuvant-induced temporomandibular joint disorder. Odontology. 113(2). 764–775. 1 indexed citations

Verhoeff, Merel C., Frank Lobbezoo, Jari Ahlberg, et al.. (2025). Updating the Bruxism Definitions: Report of an International Consensus Meeting. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 52(9). 1335–1342. 13 indexed citations breakdown →

Lobbezoo, Frank, et al.. (2025). TMD Patients With High Pain–Related Disability Have Higher Oral Behaviour Scores Than Individuals Without Pain and TMD Patients With Low Pain–Related Disability. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 52(11). 2059–2065.

Manfredini, Daniele, Frank Lobbezoo, Antti Kämppi, et al.. (2022). Ecological Momentary Assessment of Awake Bruxism with a Smartphone Application Requires Prior Patient Instruction for Enhanced Terminology Comprehension: A Multi-Center Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(12). 3444–3444. 22 indexed citations

Achterberg, Wilco P., Margot W. M. de Waal, Janine van Kooten, et al.. (2022). Pijn en neurocognitieve stoornissen: stand van zaken en de weg nog te gaan. Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie. 53(4).

Aarab, Ghizlane, Naichuan Su, C.M.C. Volgenant, et al.. (2022). Associated factors of primary snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with sleep bruxism: A questionnaire study. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 49(10). 970–979. 7 indexed citations

Ahlberg, Jari, Frank Lobbezoo, Christer Hublin, Maarit Piirtola, & Jaakko Kaprio. (2022). Self‐reported sleep bruxism in 1990 and 2011 in a nationwide twin cohort: Evidence of trait persistence and genetic liability. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 51(1). 119–124. 14 indexed citations

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Lavigne, Gilles, Takafumi Kato, Alberto Herrero Babiloni, et al.. (2021). Research routes on improved sleep bruxism metrics: Toward a standardised approach. Journal of Sleep Research. 30(5). e13320–e13320. 43 indexed citations

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Schimmel, Martin, Ghizlane Aarab, Lene Baad‐Hansen, Frank Lobbezoo, & Peter Svensson. (2021). A conceptual model of oro‐facial health with an emphasis on function. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 48(11). 1283–1294. 20 indexed citations

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Kothari, Simple Futarmal, et al.. (2021). Painful and non‐painful symptoms evoked by experimental bracing and thrusting of the mandible in healthy individuals. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 48(9). 1004–1012. 10 indexed citations

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Osiewicz, Magdalena, et al.. (2020). Pain Predictors in a Population of Temporomandibular Disorders Patients. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(2). 452–452. 34 indexed citations

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Verhoeff, Merel C., et al.. (2020). Patient‐based experiences with the use of an ambulatory electromyographic device for the assessment of masticatory muscle activity during sleep. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 47(5). 557–566. 6 indexed citations

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Bucci, Rosaria, et al.. (2020). Occlusal tactile acuity in temporomandibular disorder pain patients: A case‐control study. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 47(8). 923–929. 23 indexed citations

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Wetselaar, Peter, J.H. Vermaire, Frank Lobbezoo, & A.A. Schuller. (2020). The prevalence of awake bruxism and sleep bruxism in the Dutch adolescent population. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 48(2). 143–149. 38 indexed citations

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Lobbezoo, Frank, Gilles Lavigne, Takafumi Kato, Fernanda R. Almeida, & Ghizlane Aarab. (2020). The face of Dental Sleep Medicine in the 21st century. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 47(12). 1579–1589. 28 indexed citations

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Kunz, Miriam, Margot W. M. de Waal, Wilco P. Achterberg, et al.. (2019). The Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition scale (PAIC15): A multidisciplinary and international approach to develop and test a meta‐tool for pain assessment in impaired cognition, especially dementia. European Journal of Pain. 24(1). 192–208. 50 indexed citations

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Chen, Hui, Ghizlane Aarab, Jianwei Liu, et al.. (2017). A novel imaging technique to evaluate airflow characteristics in the upper airway of an obstructive sleep apnea patient. Clinical Case Reports. 5(7). 1084–1087. 4 indexed citations

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Raphael, Karen G., Vivian Santiago, & Frank Lobbezoo. (2016). Is bruxism a disorder or a behaviour? Rethinking the international consensus on defining and grading of bruxism. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. 43(10). 791–798. 118 indexed citations

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