Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is a common condition of chronic orofacial pain. Acupuncture is a therapeutic method of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and some studies to get understand the mechanisms of action and molecular basis involved in this approach therapeutic. We propose to verify in the current literature on the integration of neurotransmitters expression in treat temporomandibular joint disorde...
Objetivo: Verificar a relação entre o processamento sensorial e as alterações das funções do Sistema Estomatognático de crianças respiradoras orais, caracterizando o processamento sensorial destas e comparando-o com o de respiradoras nasais. Método: Foram selecionadas 50 crianças (5 a 12 anos) que apresentaram diagnóstico de respiração oral e 50 sem sinais e sintomas de respiração oral ou rinite alérgica para f...
Purpose: to investigate what effects lingual frenotomy has on breastfeeding. Methods: based on the research question – “Is there a relationship between the improvement in breastfeeding and the lingual frenotomy?” –, a bibliographical survey was carried out in three databases, using the following descriptors: ankyloglossia, lingual frenum, breastfeeding and frenotomy. Frenotomy is a free term. Original articles ...
Analisar se a idade, sexo, estágio da doença, uso de prótese dentária, presença de disfunção temporomandibular, força de mordida, bem como lado de início dos sintomas são fatores associados à assimetria eletromiográfica dos músculos mastigatórios em pessoas com doença de Parkinson. Trata-se de um estudo de corte transversal, que utilizou o dinamômetro bucal e eletrodos de superfícieconectados ao eletromiógrafo....
Purpose: to analyze the correlation between the values of nasal aeration and geometry of the nasal cavities, before and after nasal cleansing in children with mouth breathing. Methods: 20 children aged 4 to 12 years old were chosen. The questionnaire Identification Index of Signs and Symptoms of Oral breathing was applied and nasal patency was assessed by nasal aeration, through the Altmann graded mirror, and t...
Purpose: To carry out an integrative review of the literature on the use of photobiomodulation (PBM) for the head and neck muscles. Research strategy: The research took place between June/2019 and March/2021, in the following databases: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, LILACS, and SciELO. The MeSH used were Low-Level Light Therapy, Phototherapy, Masseter Muscle, Masticatory Muscles, Tongue, Palate, Mouth, Neck M...
Objectives: to describe the changes in color and sensitivity of the tongue in adult women, in the period after the treatment of COVID-19 and explain the dental conduct for treatment. Case report: there was a request for dental evaluation by a public and reference University Hospital in the city of Recife, northeast of Brazil. The patient in question was a 33 years-old white female. There was a history of diagno...
Esta pesquisa teve o objetivo geral de verificar a postura e carga de peso podal de crianças, com o uso de aparelhos ortodônticos ou ortopédicos funcionais dos maxilares, em controle de seis meses após a instalação dos mesmos. Representou um estudo longitudinal prospectivo, com a sequência do acompanhamento efetuado imediatamente após a instalação dos recursos terapêuticos em questão, a partir de pacientes oriu...
Purpose: to assess the bite force in people with Parkinson’s disease and correlate it with age, sex, stage and time of the disease, dentures use, presence of temporomandibular disorder, side of symptom onset, and masticatory preference. Methods: the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders and the Hoehn & Yahr Parkinson’s disease scale were used, and the participants’ oral cavity was clinica...
Objetivo: Investigar a influência da fotobiomodulação associada à terapia miofuncional orofacial (TMO) em pacientes com disfunção temporomandibular muscular (DTM). Método: Trata-se de uma pesquisa do tipo ensaioclínico randomizado e cego, com uma amostra de 11 mulheres com DTM muscular, dividida em dois grupos. O Grupo Experimental (GE) composto por 05 voluntárias submetidas à TMO associada à fotobiomodulação, ...