Effects of early treatment in functional variables with Neuro-occlusal rehabilitation techniques

Abstract

Introduction: early treatment propitiates a response of development of the stomatognathic system. Objective: To evaluate changes in the functional variables five years after being applied early treatment with neuro-occlusal rehabilitation techniques. Method: research of development, longitudinal and descriptive between 2001 and 2010, at the Faculty of Stomatology at the University of Medical Sciences of Villa Clara. The universe was composed by 2,215 children of five years old belonging to children's institutions in the City of Santa Clara during 2001 and 2002. A stratified method by stage was used, the sample was 59 children with occlusal interferences during dentition treated with functional therapy in 2002 and evaluated a year later (first stage). The second stage took place between 2007 and 2010, the sample of 46 children was ten years old. The variables of study were analyzed in three developmental stages: initial, intermediate and final. Informed consent was established and statistical tests were performed. Results: Abnormal slides of centric relation to maximum intercuspation and occlusal interferences during lateral movements in 100% of cases were eliminated. A gradual resolution of the deleterious habits was observed. Masticatory function change its pattern to bilateral alternating together with the incorporation of a fibrous diet in most cases, significant results were observed from the initial phase of the study at 91.3%. Discussion: favorable changes in the functional variables confirm the importance of treating disorders of the stomatognathic system from early stage in life.

Keywords

• sistema estomatognático
• odontología preventiva
• rehabilitación bucal