Dental Clenching: A Way to Improve Body Stability in Subject Suffering From Whiplash Injury. Part 2: Patients with Malocclusion – Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY & ORAL HEALTH Dental Clenching: A Way to Improve Body Stability in Subject Suffering From Whiplash Injury. Part 2: Patients with Malocclusion Authored by Maurizio Stefano Giacomello Abstract Aim of this study is analyze the variations on the postural stability in patients with previous whiplash with different conditions of dental occlusion. 66 adult patients suffering from masticatory muscles pain caused by clenching during sleep with previous experience of whiplash were selected for this study. Vestibular or neurologic pathologies, use of prescription drugs or psychotropic substances. The patients have been divided into two groups: 36 adult patients with normal occlusion (good alignment, 1st class or mild 2nd class deep bite for mandibular retrusion) constituted the group A, while 30 adult patients with previous whiplash and malocclusion (cross bite, mandibular shift, bad alignment, edentulous spaces) constit