Silva Diana, Mendes Joaquim, Castro Jorge de Azevedo E, Ferreira Daniel, Moreira André, Clemente Miguel Pais, Vasconcelos Mário
Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto, 4200-393 Porto, Portugal.
INEGI, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4099-002 Porto, Portugal.
Dent J (Basel). 2018 Nov 8;6(4):63. doi: 10.3390/dj6040063.
Sports dentistry assumes a clinical relevance, not only in the prevention of orofacial trauma by the use of mouthguards, but also with the development of intraoral devices that aim to provide greater occlusal stability, as well as a greater balance in the level of certain structures of the cranio-cervical-mandibular complex. In this way, the dentistry can have an intervention action on sports performance.
The objective of this research was to verify the existence of a correlation between occlusal stability and an eventual balance of some facial structures during sports performance using a specially developed Occlusal Stability Sports Performance Device.
An individualized mandibular intraoral device was manufactured and evaluated on an athlete canoeing. Infrared thermography was the complementary diagnostic method used for this purpose.
Greater symmetry of certain regions of interest of the cranio-cervico-mandibular complex was observed with the implementation of the Occlusal Stability Sports Performance Device. These areas were the anterior temporal muscle, the masseter muscle and the temporomandibular joint. No asymmetry decrease was found in the anterior triangle region of the neck.
The use of this type of intraoral devices may allow greater occlusal stability and consequent balance of anatomical structures constituting the cranio-cervical-mandibular complex. Infrared thermography is an effective diagnostic tool for studying the results of the intraoral device on the cranio-cervico-mandibular complex use during canoeing.
运动牙科具有临床意义，不仅在于通过使用护齿器预防口面部创伤，还在于开发旨在提供更大咬合稳定性以及使颅颈下颌复合体某些结构水平达到更好平衡的口腔内装置。通过这种方式，牙科可以对运动表现产生干预作用。
本研究的目的是使用专门开发的咬合稳定性运动表现装置，验证在运动表现过程中咬合稳定性与某些面部结构的最终平衡之间是否存在相关性。
制作了一个个性化的下颌口腔内装置，并在一名划独木舟的运动员身上进行评估。为此使用红外热成像作为辅助诊断方法。
使用咬合稳定性运动表现装置后，观察到颅颈下颌复合体某些感兴趣区域的对称性更高。这些区域是颞前肌、咬肌和颞下颌关节。颈部前三角区域未发现不对称性降低。
使用这种类型的口腔内装置可能会带来更大的咬合稳定性，并进而使构成颅颈下颌复合体的解剖结构达到平衡。红外热成像对于研究口腔内装置在划独木舟过程中对颅颈下颌复合体使用效果而言是一种有效的诊断工具。
