UDK: 616.72

PROGRAMMED COORDINATED WORK OF THE CHEWING MUSCLES AND THE LOWER JAW’S POSITION IN THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH THE FUNCTIONAL PATHOLOGY OF THE TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT

T.N. Klimova, T.B. Timacheva, V.A. Stepanov

ФГБОУ ВО «Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет» Министерства здравоохранения Российской Федерации, кафедра ортопедической стоматологии с курсом клинической стоматологии

Abstract

One of the most current problems of modern dentistry is the functional pathology of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), caused by a malfunction of the masticatory muscles. Most clinicians agree on the need for programmed coordination of the work of the masticatory muscles and the relative position of the TMJ elements in order to determine the «true» central ratio which will be the starting point for the design of therapeutic occlusal splints. As part of the study, the possibilities of deprogrammatization techniques used in the diagnosis and treatment of functional pathology of TMJ were studied.

Keywords

functional pathology of the temporomandibular joint, deprogramming of the masticatory muscles, muscle relaxation therapy, intraoral deprogramming devices, TENS-therapy.

Contacts

Климова Татьяна Николаевна – к. м. н., доцент кафедры ортопедической стоматологии с курсом клинической стоматологии ФГБОУ ВО «Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет» МЗ РФ, e-mail: klimova1977@mail.ru