Efecto del entrenamiento muscular masticatorio en el desarrollo del patrón vertical facial en niños: revisión narrativa

Translated title of the contribution: Training effect of the masticatory muscles in the development of the vertical facial pattern in children: narrative review

Catalina Vial, Victor Hugo Rojas Orellana, Maria Ignacia Zursiedel*, Constanza Carmash, Catalina Macherone, Arturo Ernesto Manns Freese

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Abstract

The pattern of facial growth is established before the eruption of the first permanent molar. An excess of vertical facial growth corresponds to individuals with long faces, open gonial angles, higher inferior facial heights and smaller masticatory muscles associated with different dental anomalies like anterior open bite, Brodie bite, skeletal class II and others. The masticatory muscle training could control the excessive growth in the vertical dimension, making opposing forces that will favor the horizontal growth in the patient.

Objective:

Describe the effect of the masticatory muscle training in the development of the vertical pattern in children.

Method:

A narrative review was done by an electronic research in PubMed, EBSCO, Scopus, Cochrane, Trip Database y Epistemonikos. The following key words were used: “masticatory muscles”, “masseter”, “temporalis”, “mastication”, “chewing”, “exercise”, “training”, “vertical growth”, “vertical pattern”, “dolichofacial”, “vertical control”. The MeSH terms: “masticatory muscles”, “exercise”.

Results:

Fifteen articles were selected, 9 of them were clinical trials, 4 were case reports and 2 were observational studies. Conclusions: The literature review shows that the masticatory muscle training has positive effects, favoring the horizontal growth in children with vertical facial pattern. Nevertheless, there is a lack of studies and clinical trials, that could help us to establish and quantify the morphological changes made by the masticatory muscle training.
Translated title of the contributionTraining effect of the masticatory muscles in the development of the vertical facial pattern in children: narrative review
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)80-83
Number of pages4
JournalInternational Journal of Interdisciplinary Dentistry
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2020

Keywords

  • Masticatory muscles
  • Exercise
  • Training
  • Vertical pattern
  • Vertical control
  • Dolichofacial

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