International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy, Volume 1, Issue 2

Orofacial muscle imbalance, with its ancillary disorders of tongue thrust swallow, poor tongue posture habit, mouth breathing, thumb sucking, and other orolingual habits or activities, presents some problems related to the time when a referral should...

Introduction: The concept of mutually-protected occlusion versus a non-protective occlusion has become meaningful in modern dentistry. The terms pertain to the occlusion and disclusion of the teeth during mandibular motion, how the position of teeth...

Until recently, the literature on tongue thrust was scattered in the various journals of the dental and speech professions [...]

The purpose of this article is to report on the use of a rather simple method of palatography to supplement clinical inspection in the evaluation of swallowing patterns. This method allows inspection of contact zones made by the tongue against the pa...