Global postural reeducation and dentomaxilo facial orthopedics

Advantages of multidisciplinarity

Abstract

The takeover of a physiological posture during the growth and development of the individual goes in parallel with a balance in the facial craneo mandibular development. (DMF).

When this does not occur, general and maxilo facial postural compensations are installed. the ideal situation is an early diagnosis to avoid structural deformations of the bones and joints and re-direction the development.

The patient can be diagnosed by an specialised doctor or an orthopedic and orthodontic specialist, establishing in this way the opportunity of an interdisciplinary treatment.

The collaborative working strengthens the best of each doctor and, ending in more stable results and decreasing the possibility of relapse.

The licensed physical therapist is able to work in this collaborative working as well in the posture sanity as in the rehabilitation of it gaining optimum results in the patients in whom there is still a postural attitude and not a consolidated posture.

In this article we present the global posture reprogrammation and its application in a tennager patient sent by the speciality of orthopedic and orthodontics DMF.