Estudo da relação entre alterações estáticas e funcionais da oclusão e desvios não fisiológicos da coluna cervical: uma revisão de literatura.

Abstract

This literature review aimed to construct a theoretical reference on the relationship between nonphysiological deviations of the cervical spine and functional and static alterations of the occlusion, correlating the studies in two different currents of thought: authors who found a positive relation between occlusion and posture and authors who deny the relationship between the two factors. The same was done from September 2017 to June 2018, prioritizing articles written in Portuguese and English and had as inclusion criteria those published in magazines and books that addressed the themes: malocclusion, body posture, cervical spine and that demonstrated scientific studies. The exclusion criteria were: incomplete articles and articles in a language other than English and Portuguese. The searches were conducted in the Google Academic, MEDLINE (PubMed) and Scielo databases. The selection of the articles comprised the following terms: "malocclusion", "bad posture", "cervical spine", "body posture", "malocclusion" and "cervical spine" combinations were made between the latter to carry out the research. Although widely discussed, the relationship between poor posture and functional and static deviations from occlusion is still quite controversial. As there is no scientific evidence yet to deny or confirm this relationship, we suggest more specific studies to ensure the veracity and applicability of the results found.