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EPA Consensus Project Paper: The Vertical Dimension of Occlusion. How to Determine and How to Alter? A Systematic
A L Pissiotis1, S N Kamalakidis2, Y Kirmanidou3
1Professor and Director of Graduate Prosthodontics, Department of Prosthodontics, Aristotle University Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Purpose:
The aim of this systematic review was to explore the dental literature to identify high quality clinical studies that introduced methods of determining the vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO), and additionally to find studies which assessed alterations in the VDO.
Materials And Methods:
An electronic search of the literature was conducted through PubMed , Embase, and Cochrane Library databases referring to the determination and alteration of the VDO by 12/2021.
Results:
A total of 215 records were obtained from the initial search. After the first two screenings, 33 studies were selected for inclusion. Correlations in the morphometric group ranged between r=0.18-0.87, p⟨0.05-0.001, correlations in the cephalometric group ranged between r=0.28-0.92, p⟨0.05-0.001, and correlations in the mechanometric group ranged between r=0.21- 0.75, p⟨0.05-0.01. Regarding the alteration of VDO, in all studies the increase ranged between 1.8-8 mm and the patients adapted .
Conclusions:
No clear guidelines can be established yet, in relation to the determination and alteration of the VDO. There is no apparent benefit in using more invasive and complex methods compared to the use of the facial anatomical landmarks. Patient adaptation seems to be successful when the range of VDO increase was 1.8-6.0 mm.
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