Alteración postural cráneocervical asociada a maloclusión dental, revisión sistemática de la literatura en la base de datos Scielo, Google Académico y PubMed 2020

Abstract

Abstract Introduction: dental occlusion is an essential and essential area in dentistry, its components, physiology and integration with the stomatognathic system are the object of frequent studies, however its approach has changed substantially as time passes and new analyzes have been developed with the purpose of updating concepts and solving questions regarding its complex integration and alterations that may occur in it, due to the establishment of an inadequate development reflected in obvious anomalies or imbalances, being one of the main causes that generate both aesthetic and psychological alterations, affecting the daily life of patients and their proper development in society. Objective: to evaluate the available evidence to determine the association between craneocervical postural alteration and dental malocclusion. Method: systematic review of the literature; Guiding questions were drawn up under the PICO strategy, to search the databases, Scielo, Google Academic and PubMed, restricted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, seven years to date. Results: it was identified that the type of malocclusion that occurs most frequently is class II, related to rectified cervical spine and cervical kyphosis respectively, in the same way it is observed that craneocervical postural alterations have a higher incidence in patients with malocclusion. Conclusion: a modification in the oral environment can have long-term consequences and the postural alteration can affect the correct development of the occlusion.