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Focused ultrasound therapy is a technique indicated to achieve autoregenerativa retraction of tissues and, although usually only used for body treatments, now also there is a specific treatment for the face. With this minimally invasive technique using focused ultrasound technology fine shots that get the stretching of the facial muscles, eliminating sagging apply without surgery. The effect is very close to that achieved with a traditional...

Tearing or watery eyes is excessive tearing, which is generated when the duct that drains tears into the nose is clogged or malfunctioning. One of the most common causes of tearing is dry eyes. Dryness causes the eyes to produce too many tears and, therefore, excess tearing occurs. Irritation, infection or the growth of eyelashes into the eye may develop watery eyes. Although there are other common causes such as allergies to dust and mold that can cause conjunctivitis or tearing.

Teeth whitening is a cosmetic treatment to remove stains and dirt from the teeth in order to recover a whiter and brighter tone of the pieces. This technique does not cause pain to the patient and can be carried out in three different ways. The first is the in-office bleaching, which usually lasts an hour and whose advantage is to get a color change in a short period of time. To do so, the dentist applies protects the gums and teeth peroxide gel of high concentration, and then may use a...

Telemedicine is the provision of medical services at a distance. Within the Telemedicine you can perform remote diagnosis, teleconsultation, teleconferences for second opinions, etc. Telemedicine can reduce time in decision-making and overcome distances between patients and medical specialists.

The Telerehabilitation is performing rehabilitation exercises remotely via the Internet or other media. It can be divided in two: a first clinical evaluation and subsequent clinical therapy. The main advantage of the telerehabilitación is that it can act in people who can not travel to a clinic. It is already applied in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, Logopedi and Neuropsychology.

Surgery performed microscopic middle ear located in the skull, in the temporal bone

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the one that allows people to open and close the mouth to chew, chew, speaking, breathing, yawning or gesture. This joint connects the bones of the skull and face is twofold, ie, one on each side of the head. Performs three types of movement up and down, forward, backward and both sides. The dental malocclusion, orthodontic appliances, stress and bad habits such as clenching or bite objects can alter the function of the temporomandibular...

Tendonitis or tendinopathy responds to inflammation or swelling of the tendon, which is the structure that joins muscle to bone. Basically it has symptoms of pain in that joint, especially accentuated at night. By osteopathy or physiotherapy, professional attempt to locate the pain, and try to reduce the muscle strain that causes so many problems for the patient who comes to the aid of osteopaths.

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