International Journal of Orofacial Myology and Myofunctional Therapy

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Patient Management: A Key to Your Practice’s Success

by Arthur Freeman and Peter R. Barnett

Int. J. Orofac. Myol. Myofunct. Ther. 1982, 8(2), 13-14; https://doi.org/10.52010/ijom.1982.8.2.4 - 1 Jul 1982

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Your relationship with your patients can affect their compliance, your treatment plans, the success of your treatment, and your sense of competence. The purpose of this article is to offer basic information about patient management. This material was developed over many years of clinical experience during which these issues have been raised and solutions and strategies have been considered. It is not the final word on how to treat a particular patient. It may be an overused phrase, but patients are people, and it is essential for us to relate to them as people. That should be your guiding rule in developing appropriate and successful patient management strategies. Full article

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Myofunctional Therapy and Facial Cosmesis: Position Paper

by James L. Case

Int. J. Orofac. Myol. Myofunct. Ther. 1982, 8(2), 10-12; https://doi.org/10.52010/ijom.1982.8.2.3 - 1 Jul 1982

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Conclusion: ln summary, until speculation is verified or rejected by data, I will continue to. emphasize in therapy the cosmetic and psychosocial benefits of improved oral posturing. I have found this emphasis to be particularly motivating with my teenage clients. These psychosocial benefits can be coupled with the more physical considerations reported by Rubin (1980) in his article titled: "Mode of respiration and facial growth." Those of us who struggle rather constantly to improve tongue resting postures in our patients, when no significant physiological basis exists for the poor habit, can perhaps be greatly aided by appealing to the vanity most people possess. Perhaps the background provided by this paper regarding human judgment of facial cosmesis and other psychosocial attributes will provide some foundation for this aspect of your therapy. Full article

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The Effect of Airway Interference on the Growth and Development of the Face, Jaws, and Dentition

by Renate Joseph

Int. J. Orofac. Myol. Myofunct. Ther. 1982, 8(2), 4-9; https://doi.org/10.52010/ijom.1982.8.2.2 - 1 Jul 1982

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Two criteria of great importance for the wellbeing of most humans are good health and appearance. This paper is an attempt to examine the effect of allergies on both those criteria as far as the growth and development of the face and dentition are concerned. A review of the literature shows that allergies are responsible for nasorespiratory blockage either through congestion of the nasal mucous membranes or through the hypertrophy of tonsils and adenoids. Several articles report the incidence and age of onset of these phenomena. The development of immunocompetent lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx is correlated with the growth of the nasopharyngeal area. An imbalance in the equilibrium of differential growth of these organs can result in mouth breathing. This paper will examine the consequences of mouth breathing as documented in studies performed on experimental animals, and as seen in clinical examinations of children. The review of the literature will also show that upon treatment of the allergic condition or surgical removal of the excessive tonsil and adenoid tissues it was found that the restoration of nasal breathing reduced the malformations present and resulted in a tendency towards normalization of health and appearance. Full article

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Reader’s Forum and Clinician’s Corner

by Marjorie Snow

Int. J. Orofac. Myol. Myofunct. Ther. 1982, 8(2), 3; https://doi.org/10.52010/ijom.1982.8.2.1 - 1 Jul 1982

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The tenth annual convention of the IAOM was held recently in San Diego, California [...] Full article

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