Occlusal Treatment as the Third Medicine

Abstract

Excellent harmony and balance of posture is a nature talent given to human being. In the previous article, it was reported that imblance of the body posture and the abnormal occlusion were closely linked. The main aim of this article is to report various malocclusion cases that are treated by correcting the posture of the body. These cases may not seem to concern with dental field at a glance, however, are closely related to our field, as a matter of fact.
It is a marvellous experience for the dentist that he can relieve symptoms of headache, soreness or tenderness of neck and shoulder, rumness or paralisis of hands and filters, high blood pressure, and so on by treating malocclusion.
Treatment of dental occlusion and mandibular displacement in conjunction with body posture is a new field of medicine which is neither western medicine nor oriental medicine. The author reports the outline of occlusal and posture treatment as the third medicine that deals with symptoms and diseases not being cured by other two authentic medicine.