Orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMD) and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) may present as comorbidities. characteristics might serve a clinical marker of SDB, allowing early identification management OMD improving treatment outcomes for sleep disorders. The study aims to characterize in children with SDB symptoms investigate possible relationships between the presence various components SDB. ...

The goal of this study is to develop a customised computer model that can accurately represent the motion of vocal articulators during vowels and consonants. Models of the articulators were constructed as Finite Element (FE) meshes based on digitised high-resolution MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans obtained during quiet breathing. Articulatory kinematics during speaking were obtained by E...

BACKGROUND The involvement of mouth breathing, facial, and structural growth alterations, especially during childhood has been discussed in medical and dental literature. The relevance of airway obstruction and its assumed effect on facial growth continues to be debated. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was aimed at assessing the dental and soft tissue abnormalities in mouth breathing childre...

The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of dental trauma and associated factors among a sample of patients with severe cerebral palsy. The sample was made up of 120 individuals equally divided into two groups. The group with cerebral palsy was made up of 60 patients diagnosed with the spastic form of the disease. The control group was made up of 60 individuals with no menta...

The goals of primary closure of cleft lip and palate include not only re-establishing normal insertions for all of the nasolabial muscles but also restoring the normal position of all the other soft tissues, including the mucocutaneous elements. Conventional surgical wisdom, which recommends waiting until growth is complete before undertaking surgical correction of the postoperative sequelae of...

background and purpose: despite the high prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, there haven,t been definite curative treatment for the disease and focus of treatment has directed towards pulmonary rehabilitation as an effective non-drug treatments. this study were performed to determine the effect of motivational abdominal breathing device on breathing pattern and dyspnea of chron...

lip and palate (CLP)1 compared with those in normal subjects; patients with CLP have a smaller upper airway compared with normal controls.2,3 Parents of children with CLP have often reported that their children snore and breathe noisily during sleep, and patients with reduced nasal airways are also predisposed to mouth breathing.4-6 Rose et al7 found that patients with cleft palate had signific...