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Myofunctional Therapy Research:
Tongue Thrust, Lateral Open Bite

Myofunctional Therapy UK is committed to the provision of evidence based clinical treatment.

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.

Deglutition and temporomandibular disorders in children, Pizolato RA, Silva De Freitas Fernandes F, Beatriz Duarte Gavião M. 2009.
Lateral open bite: treatment and stability. Cabrera Mde C1, Cabrera CA, de Freitas KM, Janson G, de Freitas MR. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2010
The Anatomical Relationships of the Tongue with the Body System, Bruno Bordoni, Bruno Morabito, Roberto Mitrano, Marta Simonelli, and Anastasia Toccafondi, December 2018
Assessment of posterior tongue mobility using lingual-palatal suction: Progress towards a functional definition of ankyloglossia, Soroush Zaghi, Shayan Shamtoob, Cynthia Peterson, Loree Christianson, Sanda Valcu-Pinkerton, Zahra Peeran, Brigitte Fung, Daniel Kwok-keung Ng, Triin Jagomagi, Nicole Archambault, et al, Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, January 2021
Tongue pressure distribution of individual normal occlusions and exploration of related factors, Min Yu and Xuemei Gao, March 2019
Tongue pressure measurement in children with mouth-breathing behaviour. Journal of Oral, Rehabilitation, 45(8), 612–617, Azevedo, N. D., Lima, J. C., Furlan, R. M. M. M., & Motta, A. R. 2018
Myofunctional therapy for tongue-thrusting: background and recommendations. William R. Proffit, Robert M. Mason. The Journal of the American Dental Association Volume 90, Issue 2, February 1975, Pages 403-411.

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