Dra Elina Nora Rosso

She graduated in 2009 from the Faculty of Dentistry of the National University of La Plata, receiving the distinction Joaquín V. González with the highest grades. She served as Resident and Chief Resident of General Dentistry at Hospital Gutiérrez in La Plata. She is a member of the ICCMO South American section and obtained the Diploma in TMJ Pathology, cranio-cervico-mandibular dysfunction and orofacial pain (UAI - ICCMO). Mastership ICCMO. Professor of postgraduate courses. She is currently working in her dental clinic providing exclusively neuromuscular dental treatment

TOPIC: Getting to know the Indian Hedgehog and its role in the mandibular condylar growth(40 minutes lecture)

Abstract

In neuromuscular treatment, when getting the muscular genetic length after relaxation with TENS, in most of the cases, the mandible moves downwards and forward. In this mandibular posture change, where afferences and efferences connected with the central nervous system are reorganized, first there is muscular internal change and then bone change, based on the type of ossification in the mandible, where during its growth there are hormonal genetic factors as well as mechanical ones. This conference is based on scientific studies related to the Indian Hedgehog protein (IHH), which acts as a transducer and turns the mechanical tension (muscular) into cell proliferation and tissue formation in the mandibular condylar cartilage. IHH is our ally as, by using neuromuscular intraoral appliances, there is a mandibular advancement, and the external Pterygoid muscle acts originating IHH action, resulting in chondrocytes replication and therefore, condylar growth.