MAXILLOFACIAL REHABILITATION
Maxillofacial rehabilitation is for children as well as adults. It is used to treat dysfunctions of the jaw, tongue, face, neck and head. Lingual rehabilitation is performed according to the principles of Maryvonne Fournier.
Its field of intervention is wide :
- support in orthodontic treatment manducatorial apparatus
- dysfunction (DAM)
- facial fracture, orthognathic surgery (jaw surgery)
- snoring, sinusitis, Obstructive sleep hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)
- facial paralysis, hemiplegia …
- speech problem, chewing …
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