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International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy, Volume 41, Issue 1

2015 November - 6 articles

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Articles (6)

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
585 Views
10 Pages

Orofacial Myology is more than a tongue up swallow. There are many functional components to successful treatment. This article will focus on eating and drinking. It is important to evaluate the eating and drinking pattern. The process of chewing, gat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
527 Views
7 Pages

Relationships Between Oral Characteristics and Eating/Swallowing Functions in Patients with Rett Syndrome of Various Ages

  • Kimiko Hobo,
  • Fumiyo Tamura,
  • Keiichiro Sagawa,
  • Hisaharu Suzuki and
  • Takeshi Kikutani

This study was conducted to clarify the actual status of oral symptoms related to the systemic and eating/swallowing functions, and the effect of ageing for those conditions in patients with Rett syndrome. The subjects were 38 females aged from 4 to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
725 Views
13 Pages

Relationship Between Lip-Closing Force and Three-Dimensional Lip Morphology in Adults with Straight Facial Profile

  • Asuka Fujiwara,
  • Fumiyo Kuroyanagi,
  • Atsushi Kawabata,
  • Atsushi Fujiwara,
  • Wakato Tome and
  • Noriyuki Kitai

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between multidirectional lip­closing force and the three-dimensional morphology of perioral soft tissue in adults. Twenty-three Japanese adults with straight facial profiles partici...

  • Article
  • Open Access
372 Views
8 Pages

Safety Study of a Device Designed to Be Used as Adjuvant Therapeutic Resource to Traditional Speech Therapy—Apreli Daemon (Ad)

  • Moacyr Daemon Henriques Filho,
  • Alexandra Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araújo and
  • Márcia Gonçalves Ribeiro

With respect to the stomatognathic system, as a rule, speech therapy used to be restricted to the function of deglutition. At present, the importance of chewing and breathing for both the development and growth of the stomatognathic system is better...

  • Article
  • Open Access
628 Views
10 Pages

Oral and Oral Preparatory Phase of Swallowing in Children with Tonsil Hypertrophy: Videofluoroscopy Study

  • Tais H. Grechi,
  • Carla E. Itikawa,
  • Fernanda W. M. Gallarreta,
  • Fabiana C. P. Valera,
  • Wilma Terezinha Anselmo-Lima,
  • Roberto Oliveira Dantas and
  • Luciana V. V. Trawitzki

The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of respiratory obstruction due tonsils hypertrophy on bolus organization, lip posture, bolus propulsion, and on associated head and mandible movements during the preparatory oral and oral phase...

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