November 2006

SOTO-USA works with the TMD Alliance

Sacro Occipital Technique Organization (SOTO) – USA participated with the TMD Alliance in a research study group at TUFTS University, School of Dental Medicine, Craniofacial Pain and Headache Center November 2–3.

Dr. Noshir Mehta of TUFTS University led the meeting with the focus of developing collaborative research direction among the various dental organizations treating TMD (temporomandibular disorder).

The group agreed that ascending postural factors can affect dental occlusion and TM condylar position and that dental occlusion and TM condylar position also can have a descending affect on postural factors, such as forward head posture. When treatment was discussed, chiropractors were part of the co-treatment model.

SOTO–USA is the only chiropractic organization that is part of the American Alliance of TMD Organizations, whose other 10 members are primarily dental-related. The TMD Alliance represents approximately 17,000 members nationally who are practitioners that have expertise and interest in the treatment of temporomandibular or craniomandibular disorders (TMD/CMD).

Source: Sacro Occipital Technique Organization – USA, www.soto-usa.org

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