TMDs have important functional consequences, which do not distinguish age or gender. Treatment schemes are focused on improving function and relieving symptoms, they are mainly based on conservative therapies, avoiding over-treatment and at the same time, opportunely treating cases that require it, hence, avoiding more invasive treatments. Controlled studies on the efficacy of manual therapy for the treatment of TMDs are scarce, and the existing evidence has clear limitations in its methodology, despite this, it is the safest therapy although its results are controversial. Therefore, the aim of this work was to perform a literature review on the efficacy of manual therapy in the treatment of some temporomandibular disorders. In most of the studies it was noticed, the influence of professional advice and habit control talks in the treatment with manual therapy, as well as the consistency ...

Objectives: To determine toothbrushing frequency and the use of fluoride toothpaste in children aged 0 to 3 years in the ““Octavio Cordero”” parish. Materials and Methods: A quantitative, observational, descriptive, and cross- sectional study was conducted. Data was collected through a survey; a sample of 91 randomly selected children aged between 0 and 3 years was used. The SPSS software version 27 was employed to analyze the data, and the results were presented in frequencies and percentages. In addition, the relationship between variables was assessed using the Chi-square test with a significance of 0.05. Results: Forty-two point nine percent (42.9%) of the children brushed their teeth twice a day, and 33.0% used toothpastes containing 1000-1100 ppm fluoride. A significant relationship was found between the frequency of brushing and the age of the child (p<0.001); there is ...