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Soft Tissue Dysfunction: a Missing Clue when Treating Malocclusions

Published by: International Journal of Jaw Functional Orthopedics (2005)

Contemporaneous treatment of malocclusions concerns about the effect of the muscular activity in the occlusion. Treatment of malocclusion involves dental alignment, jaw repositioning, stabilization of the activity of the masticatory muscles, the muscles of the tongue and the muscles of the cheeks and lips in order to achieve a balance between the forces delivered on the arches and teeth by all the muscles involved in oral functions.

Authors: Dr German O. Ramirez-Yañez & Dr Chris Farrell

malocclusion, germàn o ramirez-yañez, soft tissue dysfunction, dental alignmen, muscular activity