The speech therapist investigates all elementary functions in mouth breathers (swallowing, breathing, chewing and articulatory practice). Special interest is drawn to head and body postures in the set up of the craniofacial morphology.

Whether you're assessing risk, focusing on prevention, or treating an ulcer, this update--and handy treatment mnemonic--will help you optimize your care.

Part I of this series presented a review of the literature on Burning Mouth Symptoms (BMS) focusing on its prevalence, its symptoms, and proposed local etiologic factors associated with the condition. Part II will focus on the possible systemic and psychological etiologic factors in order to provide the dental clinician with a perspective on the alternative factors that may cause BMS.

20% of U.S. households are “wealthy hand-to-mouth” who hold only illiquid assets. But why should they do so, since higher-yielding liquid assets are available? To rationalize this behavior, we build a life-cycle model with non-standard preferences: households are tempted to consume their liquid assets, and therefore purchase housing as a savings commitment device. As a result, they choose to be...

A chart is presented to assist with the assessment and treatment of patients with growth-related deformities. It is based on anthropometric values from five published sources and relates sitting height to stature, limb length, the radiographic lengths of the leg bones and the lengths of the feet and hands. It has proved useful in the prediction of leg-length discrepancies, in the diagnosis of c...

Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a major pathogen for severe hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Development of vaccines against EV71 would be the most effective approach to prevent the EV71 outbreak. Research and development (R&D) of EV71 vaccine was carried out in several Asian countries. Currently three companies in mainland China have completed Phase III clinical trials of inactivated EV71 whole-v...

BACKGROUND Foot orthoses have been demonstrated to be effective in the management of a range of conditions, but there is debate as to the benefits of customised foot orthoses over less expensive, prefabricated devices. METHODS In a randomised, cross-over trial, 15 flat-footed participants aged between 18 and 45 years were provided with semi-rigid, customised orthoses and semi-rigid, contoured...

Background Symptomatic (flexible) pes planus is a difficult entity to classify with no universally accepted aetiology. Foot orthoses are a commonly used intervention for pes planus, however, evidence to support their use is limited. Currently there are no clinical guidelines for the prescription of foot orthoses for pes planus. The aim of this study was to seek expert consensus and agreement on...