From previous research, diseases of the temporomandibular joint are a functional pathology and take a special place among diseases that affect both the joint and the structures surrounding it [1]. Disorders of the anatomical relationship between the components of the joint are the most common reason of temporomandibular joint dysfunction [2]. Patients with this disease need a thorough clinical and functional analysis, in order to identify the relationship between pathology and structural features of the facial skeleton.
Dental care is one of the socially important types of medical care and is highly demanded by the population. An important factor limiting the population’s possibilities for orthopedic rehabilitation is the financial situation of low-income and retired persons. The Government of the Moscow Region has approved more than 120 different measures of social support for residents of the Moscow Region. The social support program of making and repair dentures for Moscow region residents restores chewing efficiency and the budget of the Moscow region finances the performed treatment. The program includes main types of orthopedic constructions. Sometimes clinical cases may require more complex prosthetics due to concomitant pathology. For such cases some kinds of treatment so called ‘expensive’ exist in program. The article describes a clinical case of a patient with a stomatoneurological status who received orthopedic treatment using dental implants within the framework of free dental prosthetics.
The study assessed stress and brux activity among dental students during exam (stress) and non-examination (non-stress) periods. The study was initiated as a single group design with the total number of participants 36 (25 females and 11 males). All the participants were examined twice (once in a stress period and once in a non-stress period) according to “Clinical Functional Analysis”, which includes questions about students’ medical and dental history, as well as muscle palpation results. Two «BruxCheckers» (BCs) were applied, one for the upper jaw, the other for the lower jaw, two times for examination and non-examination periods. After the use, the «BCs» were photographed according to the research protocol and the abraded facets area on «BCs» was calculated in square millimeters. The research showed that during a stress period students may have headaches, cramps and pain in shoulder and neck muscles. The research also revealed that during the stress situation the abraded area shifts from frontal teeth to chewing teeth and brux episodes can occur more frequently and with a higher load. Chewing teeth (premolars in our study) are more adapted and more useful for such a condition. Accordingly, our students shifted their brux behavior from teeth 33 and 31 to teeth 15 and 24. Therefore, exams are a strong stress factor for dental students. In turn, prolongated stress can be an indicator of risk factor and have a negative effect for health of the craniomandibular system.
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