Conservative treatment of occlusal dysfunctions
Schulte, W.
International Dental Journal 38(1): 28-39
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-6539 PMID: 3164300 Document Number: 306749
The paper discusses 20 years of experience with a physiotherapeutic programme that can be used in the initial therapy of myoarthropathies of the temporomandibular joint of both psychosomatic and artificial occlusal origin. The principle is to re-train the masticatory musculature, which has become incoordinated as a result of occlusal parafunctions. The therapy aims to treat symptomatic problems. It can be used with a high success rate in functional disturbances of the stomatognathic system of psychosomatic, artificial occlusal and external traumatic origin.