Occlusal Treatment for Body Joint Disease

Abstract

[Introduction]

It has been clarified that there is a close relationship between the occlusal condition of the teeth and the whole body condition. There are case reports which knee joint sickness and rheumatism were cured by dental treatment. In this report; the effectiveness of the occlusal treatment by means of Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (ORT) originally developed by Prof. Omura, Y. for certain joint disease would be shown.

[Methods]

For knee joint disease, the difficulty of raising an upper limb because of rheumatism, the difficulty of raising a lower limb with lumbago and the difficulty of rotation of neck with stiffness, the dental treatments by means of the occlusal splint, the partial denture or bite adjustment referring the result of ORT were carried out.

[Results]

All cases show the effectiveness of the occlusal treatment for these sickness. Moreover, other symptoms are also improved.

[Discussion]

There are close relationship between dental area and the hole body situation. From this study, it is suggested that sometimes the occlusal treatment is very effective for joint pain or difficulty of joint movement. It may be very important to use ORT for searching of ideal biting position. However, to perform these treatments safely, cooperation of dental and medical profession is needed.