Myofunctional Therapy Research:

Bruxism Clenching

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In this page you will find the latest research providing information and data validating Myofunctional Therapy as a key adjunctive to optimal oral and airway health.

• Bruxism. Masticatory implications and anxiety. Alves AC1, Alchieri JC, Barbosa GA. Acta Odontol Latinoam. 2013;26(1):15-22.

• Interactions between sleep disorders and oral diseases. Huynh N1, Emami E, Helman J, Chervin R.  Oral Dis. 2014 Apr;20(3):236-45. doi: 10.1111/odi.12152. Epub 2013 Jul 2.

• Relationship between sleep bruxism and sleep respiratory events in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Hosoya H, Kitaura H, Hashimoto T, Ito M, Kinbara M, Deguchi T, Irokawa T, Ohisa N, Ogawa H, TakanoYamamoto T. Sleep Breath. 2014 Feb 14. [Epub ahead of print]

• Repeated clenching causes plasticity in corticomotor control of jaw muscles. Iida T, Komiyama O, Obara R, Baad-Hansen L, Kawara M, Svensson P.  Eur J Oral Sci. 2014 Feb;122(1):42-8. doi: 10.1111/eos.12101. Epub 2013 Nov 20