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Assessment of occlusal contact in pre and post Global Posture Re-education treatment: A pilot study
Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal (formerly Revista Terapia Manual) (2012)
  • Guilherme Cesar, University of North Florida
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Literature shows that there is a great inter-relationship between posture and mandible position. The present study aimed to verify the occlusal contact in patients before and after physiotherapeutic treatment of global posture reeducation. Method: In this pilot study, five subjects of both genders participated as volunteers, averaging 25.4 years old. The volunteers were submitted to a postural assessment based on the Global Posture Reeducation concepts, followed by the occlusal assessment to determine the contact points in each hemi-arch. Then, Glob-al Posture Re-education was performed for 30 minutes, with the objective of improving head-shoulder posture and to re-educate the patient to position him/herself to the physiological pattern. The postural and occlusal contact points assessments were performed again immediately after this procedure. Results: It is possible to observe a decrease in occlusal contact points in all volunteers. Conclusion: There was an occlusal contact alteration with the physiotherapeutic treatment using Global Posture Re-education applied on the studied subjects. The alteration observed was the  de-crease in occlusal contact points at the end of treatment.
Keywords
  • Dental Occlusion; Global Posture Re-education; Physiotherapy.
Publication Date
2012
Citation Information
28. Biasotto-Gonzalez DA, Sousa DFM, Herpich CM, Gloria IPS, Hage YE, Bussadori SK, Cesar GM, Gadotti IC, Gonzalez TO (2012). Assessment of occlusal contact in pre and post Global Posture Re-education treatment: A pilot study. Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal (formerly Revista Terapia Manual), 50:528-532.