Indications for the Imposition of Pathologies of the Lower Jaw Dysfunctional Syndrome

Abstract

According to the results of a clinical study, the diagnosis of pathology of the muscles of the lower jaw and chewing is established in 70-80% of the adult population and is the third most common after parodont and caries diseases, as well as diseases of the lower jaw and chewing muscles, it is noted that an increase in the number of patients Internal functional disorders make up 54 to 80% of the lower jaw area, which are not considered inflammatory diseases and are associated with changes in the structure and condition of the connective capsular apparatus and joint disc. A number of foreign authors have also studied the etiology, pathogenesis and treatment of these diseases. At the same time, a wide variety of opinions are common regarding the etiopathogenesis of pathology, the importance and place of side pathologies, as well as the improvement of treatment methods. In the pathogenesis of lower jaw disorders, myogenic factors are of leading importance, at the same time, there is no single opinion among supporters of myogenic conception of the development of lower jaw dysfunction about the etiology of parafunctional disorders, at the same time aggravated by hypertonus of the chewy muscles at the base of traumatic occlusion. The diagnosis of lower jaw functional changes has not been fully studied. The number of pathologies associated with lower jaw tissues has been recorded as growing – according to some data there is a large difference in the frequency of their occurrence, ranging from 19.6% to 76%. These indicators are consistent with the results of BJSST's epidemiological investigation of peoples in more than thirty countries around the world.