Orthodontics, Gnathology and Posture

Orthodontics
Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry concerned with improving chewing, breathing and aesthetics. It studies the various anomalies in the structure, development and position of the teeth and jaw bones. Its aim is to prevent, eliminate or reduce these anomalies, keeping or bringing the masticatory organs and the facial profile into the most correct position possible.

Gnathology
Gnathology is the branch of dentistry that studies the relationship between the jaws, the morphology of the teeth, the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ), the muscles involved in this area, the tongue and the nervous system that governs these structures.
Gnathological therapy aims to restore the correct position of the mandibular condyles.
Achieving this correct relationship affects the muscles that connect the mandible to the skull and to the cervical spine.

Posturology
Posturology is the science that studies the balance of the human body in space and the strategies we humans use to maintain it.
It deals with the interactions between the different parts of the body that contribute to maintaining our balance.
It follows from this concept that by manipulating just one of these areas, all of which contribute fully to keeping our body upright in the space around us, we influence other related areas.
Convinced that “good health depends on good POSTURE”, including the health of our mouth, as dentists we cannot separate these medical and dental disciplines from a single, unified view.