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Physiotherapy for dental treatment.

Physiotherapy in dental treatment plays both an auxiliary and an independent role.

The main methods of dental treatment in physiotherapy:

Electrophoresis and phonophoresis - used for thermal and medicinal effects on tooth tissues, mucous and submucous layers, jaw bone tissue. Diseases such as granulomas at the root of the tooth, cysts, pulpitis, periodontitis, gingivitis, periostitis, periodontitis, stomatitis, erosion, ulcers of the oral mucosa, if indicated, may require additional physiotherapy.
Galvanic and fluctuating currents, therapy pulsed alternating currents, therapy currents of various frequencies, Darsonval are also used for electrical effects on the mucous membranes of the mouth, cheeks, tongue, lips, projection of the temporomandibular joint. Such therapy with currents allows you to relieve neuralgic pain, restores tissue after pressure ulcers on the mucous membrane (from pressing fillings, prosthetic structures).
UHF therapy are used for purulent and inflammatory processes in the bone and mucous tissue of the oral cavity under conditions of the created outflow of purulent contents, for the treatment of osteomyelitis, sinusitis, post-surgical wounds when removing teeth, with mucosal incisions.
Laser therapy in dentistry is used to treat chronic and acute mucosal lesions, ulcers, erosions, wounds, mechanical, chemical injuries.

In addition to hardware physiotherapy in dentistry, application methods of treatment are used (paraffin, ozokerite, mud). This kind of application is used for injuries of the soft tissues of the face, jaw mucosa, for chronic inflammation, inflammation of the facial nerve.

As a rule, physiotherapeutic methods are prescribed after the main treatment of teeth, at the intermediate stages of treatment of the tooth, bone and mucous tissue, at the stages of abatement of inflammatory and purulent processes to accelerate regeneration, improve tissue trophism, and improve the penetration of drugs.

There are contraindications to physiotherapeutic methods in dentistry: