Interdisciplinary approach to studying the etiology of bruxism. Diagnostics and treatment

Title: Interdisciplinary approach to studying the etiology of bruxism. Diagnostics and treatment

Abstract:

The report will discuss the difficulties of diagnosing orofacial pain as one of the most complex problems of modern medicine. The views of neurologists, osteopaths, psychotherapists on the occurrence of prosopalgia are presented. As well as the relationship of bruxism with myofascial pain syndrome of the face. The views of Simmons and Travel (1980) are presented, who proved that the decisive factor in the mechanisms of occurrence of this type of prosopalgia is the dysfunction of the masticatory muscles. The mechanism of development of painful dysfunctional syndrome of the face as a complication of prolonged tension of the masticatory muscles, without their subsequent relaxation, is given. The views of Thomas Myers on the relationship of emotions with the muscular-fascial system are highlighted. The causes, clinical and radiological features of dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint and bruxism are given. The issues of modern diagnostics and treatment of bruxism and dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint are covered from the point of view of neurologists, osteopaths and dentists.

Biography:

Doctor Larisa Gerasimova after graduating from the Bashkir State Medical Institute in 1982 worked for 17 years at the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital. During her work at the hospital, she defended her candidate's dissertation in 1991 and her doctoral dissertation in 1997. From 2003 to the present day, she has been the head of the department of therapeutic dentistry at the Bashkir State Medical University. Larisa Gerasimova is the author of more than 800 scientific papers. She has 75 invention certificates and patents. She is the author of 33 scientific monographs. In 2025, under her editorship, the monograph "Orofacial pain: an interdisciplinary approach" was published by Goetar Publishing House, Moscow.