Abstract
RESUMEN: El objetivo de este estudio observacional analtico es determinar el efecto de la Terapia Miofuncional en el perfil facial de voluntarios con maloclusin y disfuncin orofacial, mediante fotogrametra. En una muestra de 15 pacientes, se midieron indirectamente mediante fotogrametra en el Software Blue Sky Plan las siguientes variables cefalomtricas: ngulo Nasolabial, Prominencia Labial y Plano Esttico. Se realiz toma de fotografas al comenzar la Terapia Miofuncional (primera sesin) y al finalizarla (dcima sesin). Para comparar valores obtenidos en el mismo voluntario en cada variable cefalomtrica entre principio y final de terapia, anlisis estadsticos fueron realizados. Se determin que no hay diferencia estadstica en valores obtenidos en ninguna de las variables cefalomtricas al comparar el inicio con el final de terapia. Por consiguiente, se concluy que la Terapia Miofuncional no tiene un efecto significativo en estas variables de perfil facial en voluntarios con maloclusin y disfuncin orofacial medidas mediante fotogrametra, pese a cambios funcionales percibidos por pacientes y evaluadores. Es fundamental poder realizar un diagnstico riguroso y posterior derivacin a Fonoaudiologa, si corresponde, para lograr equilibrio funcional en los pacientes y reducir riesgo de progresin o reaparicin de Anomalas Dentomaxilares. ABSTRACT: This analytical observational study aimed to determine the effect of Myofunctional Therapy on the facial profile in volunteers with malocclusion and orofacial dysfunction, through photogrammetry. Fifteen patients were recruited, and the following cephalometric variables were measured indirectly through photogrammetry in the Blue Sky Plan Software (Blue Sky Bio): Nasolabial Angle, Lip Prominence and Aesthetic Plane. Previous photographs were taken, at the beginning of Myofunctional Therapy (first session) and the end (tenth session). To compare the values of each variable in a volunteer between the beginning and end of therapy, statistical analyses were performed. There was no statistical difference in the values obtained in any of these variables when comparing the beginning and the end of myofunctional therapy. Therefore, it was concluded that myofunctional therapy does not have a statistically significant effect on these facial profile variables in volunteers with malocclusion and orofacial dysfunction measured by photogrammetry, despite the functional changes perceived by patients and evaluators. However, it is essential to perform a rigorous diagnosis and subsequent referral to speech therapy, if applicable, to achieve functional balance in the patients and reduce progression or recurrence risk of Dentomaxillary Abnormalities.
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Muñoz-Díaz, A., Sepúlveda-Vega, L., Norambuena-Lama, O., Serrano-Herrera, R., & Vergara-Núñez, C. (2021). Terapia miofuncional, maloclusión y disfunción orofacial: Evaluación fotogramétrica del perfil. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Dentistry, 14(3), 229–232. https://doi.org/10.4067/s2452-55882021000300229
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