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Sensory Deprivation of the Brain

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Sensory input to the brain is regulated or controlled by the reticular formation and the “ascending reticular activating system” (ARAS). See Sect. 2.6.

In this chapter the interaction of the thumbsucking habit, of occlusal interferences in malocclusions of the teeth, as well as the emotional disturbances of children in the deciduous and mixed dentition periods, are considered with the normal cortical sensorimotor integration function. It is postulated that these factors may cause sensory deprivation of the brain through derangement of the function of the ARAS, resulting in no discrimination of the oral senses. This leads to a reduction in interaction of the mouth with the external environment and eventually to derangement of the oral motor behavior, such as that seen in class II division 1 malocclusion of the teeth associated with thumbsucking and/or occlusal interferences.

In addition is presented an open bite malocclusion of the teeth associated with abnormal oral perception and motor behavior which were normalized after closure of the bite and the establishment of normal occlusion. The view discussed is that the open bite was associated with sensory deprivation of the cortex and that the orthodontic treatment induced cortical changes reflecting correlated changes in oral perception and neuromuscular function.

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Pimenidis, M.Z. (2009). Sensory Deprivation of the Brain. In: The Neurobiology of Orthodontics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00396-7_3

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