[Dental care in health resort institutions]. / Okazanie stomatologicheskoi pomoshchi v sanatorno-kurortnykh usloviyakh.

Over the past decades, a small yet convincing evidence base has accumulated that demonstrates the effectiveness of dental care for patients in health-resort (HR) settings. In addition to a positive local effect, complex HR care increases nonspecific resistance and promotes desensitization. OBJECTIVE OF THE REVIEW: Addressing the HR rehabilitation in patients with various maxillofacial diseases for further consideration of the possibility of the increased use of HR care in dental practice. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Russian and English-language publications were analyzed without specifying the search timeframe. The search keywords were the following: «health-resort care¼, «balneotherapy¼, «peloid therapy¼, «physiotherapy¼, «magnet therapy¼, «laser therapy¼ in combination with «dental diseases¼, «maxillofacial diseases¼, «periodontal diseases¼, «temporomandibular joint diseases¼, «postoperative rehabilitation¼ «balneotherapy¼, «mud therapy¼, «peloid therapy¼, «spa therapy¼, «physiotherapy¼. A total of 21 articles were analyzed, including 10 related to periodontal disease, 5 to temporomandibular joint pathology, and 6 to rehabilitation in the postoperative period. Seventeen original studies (3855 patients) were selected, including 47.62% with evidence level C, due to lack of information on comparison group or randomization. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Available data from clinical studies suggest the effectiveness of natural and physiotherapeutic factors in the medical rehabilitation of patients with various dental diseases. Further randomized clinical trials and the development of clinical guidelines for various techniques in dental diseases are warranted.