International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy, Volume 19, Issue 1

Infants with Down syndrome often present with a familiar orofacial disorder which exists at birth or becomes more pronounced by the end of the first year. The primary pathology includes hypotonicity of the perioral muscles, lips, and masticatory musc...

The practice of oral myofunctional therapy in Argen­tina is part of speech pathology [...]

28 patients in an orthodontic practice who demonstrated both characteristic malocclusion forms with deficiency in the sagittal, transverse and vertical dimensions and orofacial dyskinesia of the inner and outer circles were divided according to clini...

This article has been written as a rebuttal to the conclusions drawn by Dr. Marvin Hanson in his article, “Tooth Movement Associated with Oral Myofunctional Therapy: A Clinician’s Report” which appeared in the November, 1992 issue of the Internationa...

Oral myofunctional therapy was found to be successful, In a group of 75 patients, ages six to 22 all with anterior open bites. Seventeen of 19 who lisped before therapy eliminated the lisp. Upper respiratory system allergies were eliminated In nine o...

A questionnaire developed by the authors was completed by 75 experienced speech-language pathologists from varied work settings. Questions dealt with knowledge, attitudes and experience in the area of oral myofunctional disorders. Only 18 respondents...

This issue of the International Journal of Orofacial Myology is truly international [...]

A biracial sample of two-hundred ninety-six children were assessed for open-mouth posture (OMP) in the natural environment. In addition, rhinometry was performed on 288 of the youngsters. Means were computed for percent OMP and cross-sectional nasal...