EFECTIVIDAD DE LOS ESTIRAMIENTOS MANDIBULARES COMBINADO CON MASAJE PROFUNDO PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE BRUXISMO DEL SUEÑO

Abstract

The investigation project has the objective to determine the effectiveness of the mandibular treatments combined with a deep massage for the treatment of sleep bruxism with the students from the Technical University of Ambato, Faculty of Health of Sciences. Sleep bruxism (SB) is related to sleep and psychological alterations such as anxiety and depression which are risk factors, as signs and symptoms we have muscular pain, limit range of movement, difficulty to open the mouth, clenched teeth, sleep problems and tension sensation on the face muscles. The investigation project is a non-experimental study of a longitudinal type because it recollected initial and final results of the treatment plan, which includes a both gender population between 20 to 25 years from seventh level of the Health Sciences Faculty, it was excluded students with respiratory diseases, with brackets usage backgrounds, with mandibular fractures and oral diseases. In the evaluation was used a quality sleep questionnaire as qualitative focus and the Vernier caliper for the maximum mouth opening as a quantitative focus, registering the results in excel and obtaining the respective results through the SPSS program.As a result, it was obtained a pain decrease from 0.025 to 0.011; a better maximum mouth opening over the 20.00 millimeters and a better quality for a well-sleeping reducing the stress levels and anxiety after the physiotherapeutic intervention based on mandibular stretches from 6 to 8 times, deep massage of 10 minutes and intro-oral massages of 5 minutes for four weeks, three times a week.