Volume 21 - Issue 2

To establish the relationship between the condition of the stomatognathic system and body posture, changes in the head position during clenching were observed and investigated when the occlusal supporting zone was lost unilaterally and bilaterally. The results were as follows: 1. Regardless of the occlusal conditions, the head position was changed by clenching; 2. The occlusal conditions did not affect the changed distance of the head position; 3.The head position was changed forward and ...

This study was conducted to determine the effects of laterotrusive occlusal scheme and body position on bilateral sternocleidomastoid electromyographic (EMG) activity. The study was performed on 20 healthy subjects with natural dentition and bilateral molar support. During laterotrusive occlusal excursion (working side), each individual had to present canine guidance on one side and group function on the opposite side, without balancing-side contacts. Integrated EMG (IEMG) recordings were performed by placing bipolar surface electrodes on the ...

The mandible and maxilla of two edentulous women, treated during 25 weeks with oral pamidronate, were monitored by peripheral quantitative tomography (pQCT). Whole bone volumetric mineral density failed to show meaningful variations after treatment. However, an analysis of separated cortical and medullar areas disclosed focal bone loss at the right mandible cortex of patient #1 and at the left maxilla cortex of patient #2. These and other bone sub-regions were further studied by clustering the ...

Loss of function, muscle inflammation, and pain are some of the signs and symptoms of temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD). Pharmacological strategies to minimize the clinical manifestation of these disorders often focus on blocking or inhibiting the pain-causing symptom. Resources such as muscle-relaxants, anxiety-relief drugs, and splint therapy are often used to reduce muscular hyperactivity related to TMD muscle pain. This study compares the effect of a randomly ordered association of occlusal splint therapy (S), nonsteroid anti-inflammatory ...

 Several published studies show a relationship between craniofacial morphology and head posture. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between cervical lordosis angle and mandibular length from lateral skull radiographs, and to investigate the relationship between mandibular retrusion and cervical lordosis angle decreasing. The sample comprised 70 Caucasian adult women, average 27.4, in skeletal class II and Angle class II. Lateral skull radiographs were obtained in natural head position (mirror position ...

Facial pain syndrome secondary to sinonasal pathology is reported by the International Headache Society (IHS) classification (1988). It is underlined that a clear and proven nasal pathology with adequate painful stimuli must be present, i.e., acute sinusitis, vacuum sinus, or other unspecified pathologies. No clear role of septal abnormalities and turbinate hypertrophy has been attributed in the genesis of pain by the IHS classification. One of the most difficult problems in dealing with patients ...

This study compares the frequency of sick leave between the three-year period after and the three-year period before coordinated treatment of temporomandibular and cervical spine disorders in 24 patients (ten males and 14 females) diagnosed with Meniere’s disease. The frequency of sick leave for the patients was also compared with the frequency of sick leave in a control group from the population. A cost-benefit analysis was made regarding the costs to society of sick ...

1014 subjects on the island of Sardinia (Italy) were interviewed regarding the habit of clenching and grinding their teeth. They had to specify if this activity occurred during the day, during the night, or both. Other information recorded was their age, gender, marital status, and occupation. Overall prevalence of bruxism was 27.2% (276 subjects). No association was found between bruxism and age, gender and job. Even differentiating diurnal, nocturnal, diurnal and nocturnal bruxism, associations ...

It is the responsibility of the dentist to make the differential diagnosis of pain in the region of the oral cavity. Cardiac pain most commonly radiates to the left arm, shoulder, neck, and face. In rare instances the pain may present as dental pain. In this case report, the patient presented with complaints of intense bilateral pain in the jaws which was diagnosed as pain of cardiac origin.