咀嚼システムの改善と全身症状の変化

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There have heretofore been a variety of dental treatment methods in use, including mechanical treatment methods, those depending entirely upon the stabilized location of the mandible and others. However, not only have we not settled upon one specific method of treatment, in spite of a process of trial and error extending over a period of many years, we have even been witnessing lately a tendency toward an increase in the occurrence of temporomandibular arthrosis and other disorders. We carried out occlusion and mastication treatment in three cases of temporomandibular arthrosis and mastication dysfunction based on recent research and elucidation of the mastication system, involving improvements in occlusion restructuring and mastication patterns that take into consideration induction of the mandible into the physiologic location, making occlusion possible at that location, the elimination of hypertonia in mastication-related muscles and the control of temporomandibular joint inflammation and immune response. As a result of this treatment, there was an alleviation of the various constitutional dysphoria attendant upon the collagen disease, psychosomatic disorders, etc., that were manifested throughout the system. It became clear from this that the mastication system and the constitution are closely related and that there is a need for new developments from the standpoint of the dental treatment of the mastication system.