Authors : Lyudmila G. Ulyanova, Mikhail A. Postnikov, Grigoriy V. Stepanov, Nikolay V. Popov, Alfiya M. Khamadeeva and Olga A. Bagdasarova
Abstract: The research objective is to increase the efficiency of the combined orthodontic treatment of patients with mesial occlusion of denture and vestibular position of permanent maxillary canine teeth by using pelotherapy. The insufficient volume of the physiotherapeutic methods used in the treatment of dental-maxillary and facial abnormalities made the researcher search for the new methods and improve the orthodontic devices in combined orthodontic treatment. The treatment efficiency was proved by analyzing thermal-visiograms. The research is based on diagnostic methods such as photometry, anthropometry of jaw and denture models, roentgenographic methods, thermal-visiography, electroacupuncture according to Voll, method of gas-discharge visualization. The treatment was carried out with the new methods and the device, proposed by the researchers. Application of pelotherapy in a combined orthodontic treatment of patients with mesial occlusion of denture and vestibular position of permanent maxillary canine teeth after diagnostics procedures and final diagnosing, both in the active and retention periods, reduces the duration of orthodontic treatment and ensures stable results. Patients may apply pelotherapy at home, without visiting an orthodontist which makes the combined orthodontic treatment more comfortable. Application of the techniques and devices proposed by the researchers for eliminating the observed abnormalities significantly increases the treatment efficiency and the quality of the achieved result. Invention No. 2146900 of 27 March 2000 by application No. 98118948 of 16 October 1998 (in co-authorship with N.P. Avvakumova, A.I. Agapov); Patent RF No. 2551973 of 10 June 2015, Patent RF No. 142454 of 23 May 2014.
Lyudmila G. Ulyanova, Mikhail A. Postnikov, Grigoriy V. Stepanov, Nikolay V. Popov, Alfiya M. Khamadeeva and Olga A. Bagdasarova, 2017. Pelotherapy in Orthodontic Treatment of Patients with Mesial Occlusion and Vestibular Position of Permanent Maxillary Canine Teeth. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 9129-9136.