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Posture, TMJ, Occlusion Osteopathic Approach

Posture, TMJ, Occlusion Osteopathic Approach

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Professors

Target audience

General dentists; Orthodontists

Nb of lessons

7

Nb of modules

Course duration

4 h 45 min

Delivery method

Google Drive Link, Offline

Course Overview

  • Posture, TMJ, Occlusion Osteopathic Approach
  • A starting course for learning the basics of the osteopathic approach in dentistry!

During the course we will learn:

  • The protocols for diagnostics of craniofacial deformities, posture, and occlusionthe protocols for treatment of craniofacial deformitiesthe protocols of interdisciplinary cooperation between dentists and osteopath.

We recommend this course for:

  • Doctors who are eager to learn the osteopathic approach in dentistry and receive stable treatment resultsthe team of dentists and osteopath.

What You Will Learn

the protocols for diagnostics of craniofacial deformities, posture, and occlusionthe protocols for treatment of craniofacial deformitiesthe protocols of interdisciplinary cooperation between dentists and osteopath.

Full Course Program

Introduction to MPR: a holistic approach

  • Lesson program
  • Course objectives
  • Myofunctional Postural Rehabilitation (MPR)
  • TMJ and posture
  • What is TMJ?
  • The cranio-facial system
  • The importance of mandibular posture
  • Jaw position and posture
  • Common changes in jaw position
  • Holistic diagnosis
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Osteopathy and physiotherapy
  • Interdisciplinary treatment
  • Deprogramming the cranio-facial system
  • Clinical cases study.

Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Functional dentists.

Duration: 27 min

TMJ and Posture: a Holistic Interdisciplinary Approach

  • Lesson program
  • Basics of posturology
  • Posturology vs Posturometry
  • Evolutionary adaptation
  • Tonic postural system
  • Main postural receptors
  • Eye anatomy and neurophysiology
  • Eye postural relations
  • The foot as a receptor
  • Foot anatomy
  • Foot types
  • Foot postural relations.

Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Functional dentists.

Duration: 42 min

Basics of Posturometry

  • Lesson program
  • Introduction to posturometry
  • Patient examination
  • Posturometer
  • Measuring posture

Posturometry:

  • Features
  • Balance
  • Body adaptation.

How does Posturometer work:

  • Kapandji's principle
  • Foot position
  • Posturometry tests
  • Basic protocol.
  • Posturometer exam
  • Stabilometry
  • Clinical cases study.

Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Functional dentists.

Duration: 37 min

Postural Diagnosis

  • Lesson program
  • Postural planes diagnosis
  • Postural planes alterations
  • Occlusion problem
  • Thoracic-brachial triangle
  • Rotation test
  • Convergence test
  • Differential test
  • March test
  • Static bi-podal support
  • Static mono-podal support
  • Clinical cases study.

Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Functional dentists.

Duration: 43 min

Craniofacial Diagnosis

  • Lesson program
  • TMJ diagnosis
  • Jaw central relation
  • TMJ anatomy
  • Functional occlusion: characteristics
  • Control of movenent
  • Functional area and space
  • Posturometry
  • Whilson's curve
  • Spee's curve
  • Tongue position
  • Clinical cases study
  • Neuromuscular diagnosis
  • Nueromuscular dysfunction
  • Muscle chain balance
  • Nueromuscular exam
  • Nueromuscular therapies

Bruxism:

  • Definition
  • Etiology
  • Defence mechanism.

Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Functional dentists.

Duration: 58 min

Craniofacial Dysfunctions Treatment

  • Lesson program
  • Deprogramming

Body Equilibrium Device (B.E.D.):

  • Characteristics
  • Functionalizable areas
  • Rules for using
  • Activation.

Reprogramming the jaw

The manipulations:

  • Cranio-sacral manipulation
  • TMJ manipulation.
  • Postural pathologies prevention
  • Craniofacial orthopaedics
  • Clinical cases study.

Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Functional dentists.

Duration: 55 min

Myofunctional Postural Rehabilitation (MPR): Osteopathic Approach

  • Lesson program
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration: Dentist and Osteopath
  • Introduction in osteopathy
  • TMJ alterations
  • Anterior disc displacement
  • TMJ degenerative osteoarthrosis
  • TMJ neurovegetative influence
  • Bruxism effects on cranio-facial system
  • Cranial biomechanics
  • Osteopathic therapies.

Recommended for: General dentists, Orthodontists, Functional dentists.

Duration: 20 min

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