Jaw Functional Orthopedics and Craniofacial Growth
publishes articles presenting information that is new and relevant to jaw functional orthopedics
The List of Principal Topics:
- ▸ Biology of craniofacial growth with an emphasis on the mandible and maxillae
- ▸ Clinicians' point of view - space for discussion based on scientific evidence, and clinical experience on topics of clinical interest
- ▸ Prevention and early treatment of malocclusion
- ▸ Treatment of malocclusion with Jaw Functional Orthopedics
- ▸ New materials/new products
- ▸ Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)
- ▸ Dental sleep medicine
- ▸ Clinicians' space - case reports
- ▸ Jaw functional orthopedics and digital flow
- ▸ Advances in digital diagnosis
- ▸ Advances in digital images
- ▸ Occlusion and craniofacial growth
- ▸ Use of vibration (laser, electromagnetic, mechanical vibration) in the treatment with Jaw Functional orthopedic appliances
- ▸ Systematic reviews
Jaw Functional Orthopedics and Craniofacial Growth (JFOCG) ISSN (Online) 2669-2783 promotes the advanced study, science, and practice of Jaw Functional Orthopedics and Craniofacial Growth. It serves both researchers and practicing clinicians by providing a space for the presentation and discussion of evidence-based jaw functional orthopedics research, treatment concepts, techniques, and procedures, and a Clinical space for the publication of and discussion on case reports. The objective of the Journal is to facilitate the effective worldwide transmission of new and innovative related research and knowledge. The journal publishes original scientific articles presenting information that is new and relevant to Jaw Functional Orthopedics. Additionally, publishes reports of innovative techniques and clinical treatments, systematic reviews of topics of interest to the field, reviews of new techniques/appliances and products, new uses for existing material, digital technology advances related to Jaw Functional Orthopedics, instructive clinical reports, editorials, and announcements of importance to the community worldwide.
Established in 2021 and published 2 times a year (semiannually).
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Editors

Associate Professor Orlando Santiago Júnior
Dental School Faculdade Arnaldo Jansen, Brazil
Editor in Chief
Editorial Board
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Jaw Functional Orthopedics and Craniofacial Growth is published Open Access. By 'open access' we mean its free availability on the public internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software, or use for commercial purposes, or any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. Authors retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions. Article(s) are published under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY).
Editor's Pick

Salival biomarkers in inflamatory oro-cranio-cervical inflamatory alterations
Aidé Terán, Miguel Francisco Lloret, María Carlota Gutiérrez, Maribel Liñán, Erika Bustos, Juan Manríquez
During the COVID 19 pandemic, the general population suffered from high degrees of stress, the consequence of which was an increase in myofascial pain syndrome. This inflammatory ailment which affects soft tissues causes pain, muscular rigidity, and modifies posture due to hyperactivity. A state of muscular ischemia leads to structural and chemical changes, and to variations in saliva’s electrical conductivity. The objective of this research was to measure the changes in pH and electrical conduc
Jaw Functional Orthopedics and Craniofacial Growth, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2022, p. 73-79.
https://doi.org/10.21595/jfocg.2022.22791

Prevalence of orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorder among violin and viola players: a pilot study
Carlos Aleixo Dos Reis, Patricia Valério
Prevalence of orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorder was evaluated among violin and viola players, having as control group other string players (cello and double base players). We found a high prevalence and more severity on violin /viola players. We also found that it is not related to the number of hours performing the instruments. Violin and viola players are more prone to headache and more aware of their parafunctional behavior.
Jaw Functional Orthopedics and Craniofacial Growth, Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2022, p. 134-140.
https://doi.org/10.21595/jfocg.2022.22775

Occlusal plane parallel to camper plane: reality or fallacy? A tomographic study on human Sambaqui skeletal remains
Patrícia Valério, Maria Rita Xavier, Sergio Terçaroli, Almiro Machado, Marcos Gribel
Introduction: Since long time ago, dentists had used parallelism with Camper plane as a reference to establish a correct occlusal plane. However, in the literature, there are several different landmarks used to trace the occlusal plane and there are also many researchers questioning this parallelism. To evaluate it, we used ancient skulls from Human Sambaqui skeletal remains. The authors choose an ancient population because they were submitted to same environmental conditions, avoiding bias in c
Jaw Functional Orthopedics and Craniofacial Growth, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2022, p. 4-10.
https://doi.org/10.21595/jfocg.2022.22418

Does Planas’ Equiplan really work in deep bite treatment?
Orlando Santiago Júnior
Deep bite malocclusion impacts function of the stomatognathic system, patients’ quality of life and self-stem by compromising oral and facial esthetics. The malocclusion can involve teeth and facial skeleton, for such is one of the most challenging malocclusion treatments. The aim of this investigation is to check the clinical belief that Planas’ Equiplan is efficient to treat deep bite malocclusion. Dental overbite was measured in 21 patients submitting to Jaw Functional Orthopedics treatment a
Jaw Functional Orthopedics and Craniofacial Growth, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2021, p. 75-80.
https://doi.org/10.21595/jfocg.2021.22329