[Dental care in health resort institutions]

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.

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.

Russian and English-language publications were analyzed without specifying the search timeframe. The search keywords were the following: «health-resort care», «balneotherapy», «peloid therapy», «physiotherapy», «magnet therapy», «laser therapy» in combination with «dental diseases», «maxillofacial diseases», «periodontal diseases», «temporomandibular joint diseases», «postoperative rehabilitation» «balneotherapy», «mud therapy», «peloid therapy», «spa therapy», «physiotherapy». 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.

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.