Association between postural disorders and malocclusion and methods of their detection

Postural disorders and malocclusion are highly prevalent in children. Malocclusion is found in 90% of children with postural disorders. This problem requires particular attention to identify optimal methods for early diagnosis of and timely treatment for postural disorders and malocclusion, as well as comprehensive health improvement of children. We analyzed the literature data on the types of postural disorders, currently availably methods of its diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. We performed our search using СyberLeninka, E-library, and MEDLINE/PubMed databases with the following key words: malocclusion, diagnosis, treatment, postural disorders, pathological changes in the maxillofacial region, prevention. We selected 57 publications exploring the association between postural disorders and malocclusion and describing main types of postural disorders, their causes, as well as current methods of their detection, prevention, and treatment. We identified difficulties hindering widespread use of the existing methods for the diagnosis of postural disorders. We believe that it is very important to improve available diagnostic methods and create new ones; we discuss the possibility of their development and implementation into routine clinical practice. Key words: malocclusion, diagnosis, treatment, postural disorders, pathological changes in the maxillofacial region, prevention