Study: Dental Occlusion Related To Control Of Posture, Balance.

Science Daily (9/14) carried a release stating two studies, carried out in collaboration between the Department of Physiology at the University of Barcelona (Spain) and the University of Innsbruck (Austria), find dental occlusion is “related to the control of posture and balance.” The studies, published in Motor Control and Neuroscience Letters, “provide conclusive data which show that postural control is improved -both in static and dynamic equilibrium- when different malocclusions are corrected by positioning the jaw in a neutral position.”