Bruxism is thought to be the most often occured parafunctions what means harmful motor reactions of mandible. This dysfunction relies on gnashing and clenching teeth with much force. Many patients don’t realize of presence of this affection because of doing it subconsciously. Non-treated, fixed bruxism becomes the cause of serious disturbances in stomatognathic system. The aim of this article is to present regularity physiotherapeutic methods application in bruxism treatment. In this cause the most important names connected with bruxism for example myofascial pain syndrome or trigger points in muscles of stomatognatic system were described. In next part of this article variety of manual therapy methods were analized due to author’s experiences. In last few decades there was achieved a development of knowledge about bruxism and its followed disorders. Data from the literature indicate that there is a possibility of effective, physiotherapeutic treatment of mentioned active disturbances.

Key words: bruxism, physiotherapy, treatment.