Myofunctional Therapy Research:

Tongue Tie

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.

• Lingual Frenum: Classification and Speech Interference. Marchesan IQ.  International Journal of Orofacial Myology, 2004

• Lingual Frenulum: Quantitative Evaluation Proposal. Marchesan IQ. International Journal of Orofacial Myology, 2005.

• Correlations between different lingual frenulums and speech disorders. Revista do Disturbios da Comunicação. Marchesan IQ, Teixeira AD, Cattoni DM. [Brazilian]

• Toward a functional definition of ankyloglossia: validating current grading scales for lingual frenulum length and tongue mobility in 1052 subjects, International journal of the science and practice of sleep medicine. Audrey Yoon, Soroush Zaghi, Rachel Weitzman, Sandy Ha, Clarice S. Law, Christian Guilleminault & Stanley Y.C. Liu. ISSN 1520-9512, Sleep Breath. 2016

• Functional Improvements of Speech, Feeding, and Sleep After Lingual Frenectomy Tongue-Tie Release: A Prospective Cohort Study, Richard Baxter, DMD, MS , Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP/COM, Barbara Stark Baxter, MD, FACP, Ashley Lashley, BS, and Nicholas R. Rendell, MSc, PhD

• Position of lips and tongue in rest in newborns with and without ankyloglossi, Silvia Márcia Andrade Campanha, Roberta Lopes de Castro Martinelli, Durval Batista Palhares, Oct 2020

• Effect of Lingual Frenotomy on Tongue and Lip Rest Position: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial, Roberta Lopes Castro Martinelli, Irene Queiroz Marchesan, Reinaldo Jordão Gusmão, Giédre Berretin-Felix, Dec 2020