Relationship between occlusion and the state of the craniocervical junction

Fisioterapeuta y especialista en terapia manual ortopédica enfocándose en trastornos craneofaciales y de la articulación temporomandibular. Decano de Facultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación en Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile (2005-2017, continuando como Profesor). Profesor Titular en University of Chile, Departamento de Ortodoncia.

Más de 50 años de experiencia clínica y académica en biomecánica craneocervical y craneomandibular y manejo del dolor. Fundador y Director de CEDIME (Centro de Estudios de las Disfunciones Músculo Esqueléticas), Santiago, Chile. Ex Director del Programa Doctoral en Fisioterapia (DPT) en University of Saint Augustine, Hemisferio Sur, Sudamérica y Sudáfrica. Ex Director Médico y de Rehabilitación Física en Integramédica, Chile.

Autoridad internacional en disfunción ATM habiendo desarrollado el enfoque Rocabado para trastornos craneomandibulares y craneocervicales integrando terapia manual con tratamiento dental. Miembro Honorario de American Academy of Orofacial Pain y American Academy of Craniofacial Pain. Miembro fundador y ex Presidente de Chilean Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders and Facial Pain, Brazilian Academy of Craniomandibular and Craniocervical Disorders and Facial Pain, e Iberian Latin American Academy of Head, Neck and Facial Pain. Miembro fundador de Italian Craniomandibular and Orofacial Pain Academy.

Grado en Kinesiología de University of Chile. Doctor en Fisioterapia (DPT) de University of Saint Augustine, Florida, EE.UU. (2003). Terapeuta Manual Ortopédico Certificado (OMT-Chile), formación especializada en Health Institute Atlanta, EE.UU. Miembro Honorario de Argentinean Association of Physiatry and Kinesiology, Colombian Physical Therapy Association y Chilean Orthodontic Society. Miembro de American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Therapy y Patrón de Norwegian Manual Therapy Group, Australia. Miembro del Comité Editorial de revistas Cranio y Orthopedic and Manual Therapy. Autor de múltiples libros de texto sobre biomecánica de cabeza y cuello, dolor y protocolos de ejercicio. Reconocido internacionalmente por contribuciones al tratamiento interdisciplinario de trastornos ATM requiriendo colaboración entre fisioterapeutas y dentistas.

Dr. Roberto Gutiérrez and associates Bioesthetics Dental Clinic is born from Gutiérrez Dental Clinic launched over 50 years ago by Dr.Roberto Gutiérrez C. and his wife Dr. Lya Álvarez in Marcoleta. As the years passed they transmitted their love for the profession on to their 5 children who joined and formed the Gutiérrez Dental Clinic in El Golf neighborhood.

In 2002 Roberto made his own path and began a project in our clinic’s current location, where his main goal was always to give the best he could to his patients. Consequently, he always traveled to multiple courses abroad, until in the year 2009 he begins, under the eyes of the OBI Foundation, to learn the science of Bioesthetics in the United States (Portland, Oregon). For three years he created strong friendships and professional ties, he learned and took a turn in the way he practiced his profession.

He trained his laboratory technicians in this new discipline and began to grow in this new dentistry looking to imitate nature in order to restore the aesthetics and functionality lost in smiles.

This passion for his work was transferred on to his daughters María Jose and María Fernanda, both dentists who intend to follow this path of continuous improvement and service, in order to deliver concrete and quality solutions to people.