Background Mouth breathing is closely related to the facial skeletal development and
malocclusion. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the …

Objective To present international recommendations regarding the proper evaluation of
oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD), both objectively and subjectively (self-evaluation). Methods …

Objective Mouth breathing syndrome (MBS) is defined as a set of signs and symptoms that
may be completely or incompletely present in subjects who, for various reasons, replace the …

Introduction A routine diagnosis of a patient's breathing status performed by an orthodontist
normally includes visual assessment, medical history, clinical examination of habitual lip …

INTRODUCTION: Mouth breathing (MB) is an etiological factor for sleep-disordered
breathing (SDB) during childhood. The habit of breathing through the mouth may be …

Introduction: Oropharyngeal dysphagia is a highly prevalent comorbidity in neurological
patients and presents a serious health threat, which may lead to outcomes of aspiration …

Tests for dysphagia serve as either assessment or screening tools. To be clinically useful
these tools must be reliable, validated with proper psychometric techniques, and feasible. In …

This article reviews the available evidence regarding the incidence of tongue thrust
swallowing and the possible relation between this deglutition pattern, tongue tip position at …

Introduction: Mouth breathers assume new postures in order to compensate and make
breathing possible. As a consequence, they develop important skeletal and myofunctional …

A Paediatric dentist may be the first person consulted for professional advice concerning
children with speech problems. A positive significant relationship has been hypothesized by …