Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT)
Resources
Links and Downloads
Mouth Breathing
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- How improper breathing leads to TMJ, and Dental Crowding
https://youtu.be/v6ZbJhlJj44 - Patrick McKeown, author of “The Oxygen Advantage” and President of Buteyko Professionals International, discusses the benefits of nasal breathing.
https://youtu.be/Oftuk0FrlCo - Growth and mouth breathers
http://www.sleepclinic.be/wp-content/uploads/Growth-and-mouth-breathers.pdf - Oropharyngeal and tongue exercises (myofunctional therapy) for snoring: a systematic review and meta-analysis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29275425/
Tongue ties / Lip ties
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- Is ankyloglossia associated with obstructive sleep apnea?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1808869421001816?via%3Dihub - Lingual Frenuloplasty With Myofunctional Therapy: Exploring Safety and Efficacy in 348 Cases
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lio2.297 - Short Lingual Frenulum and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children
https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijpr/ijpr-1-003.pdf
Orthodontics and Malocclusion
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- Relapse of anterior open bites treated with orthodontic appliances with and without orofacial myofunctional therapy
https://www.omft.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/11-2010-Smithpeter-and-Covell-relapse-of-anterior-open-bite.pdf - Association between oral habits, mouth breathing and malocclusion
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225794/ - Patients treated with orthodontic- myofunctional therapeutic protocol
https://rachelbarnhartdds.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Patients-treated-with-orthodontic-myofunctional-therapeutic-protocol-Eur-Jour-Ped-Den-2012-Saccomanno.pdf
TMJ / TMD
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- Treatment of chronic pain associated with bruxism through Myofunctional therapy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5656808/ - The Link between Sleep Bruxism, Sleep Disordered Breathing and Temporomandibular Disorders: An Evidence-based Review
https://aadsm.org/docs/JDSM.1.1.27.pdf
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Sleep Disordered Breathing
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- Myofunctional Therapy to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Myofunctional-Therapy-to-Treat-Obstructive-Sleep-A-Camacho-Certal/8bb78f75c5ea51b24b3c628019328059365b818b?p2df - Obstructive sleep apnea: focus on myofunctional therapy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132228/ - Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The Hidden Sleep Problem Linked With ADHD and Even Orthodontics
https://www.parents.com/health/sleep-disordered-breathing-the-hidden-sleep-problem-linked-with-adhd-and-even-orthodontics/?__FB_PRIVATE_TRACKING__=%7B%22loggedout_browser_id%22%3A%2208d0d0b4e044626b908dd48ec8bce67b34c07a4e%22%7D&fbclid=IwAR1xZmz0PXjJwhxMIYY_Z_YsCpb02kebZclk9QsV5Q5CE5f42XRMRaKuOxE&utm_campaign=social-share-article&utm_content=20211022&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com
Digestion
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- The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome and gastroesophageal reflux disease: a meta-analysis
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6529388/ - Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Sleep Disorders: Evidence for a Causal Link and Therapeutic Implications
https://synapse.koreamed.org/upload/SynapseData/PDFData/0081JNM/jnm-16-22.pdf
Phone
Location
Located inside South Windsor Dental Office
1390 Grand Marais Rd. W,
Windsor, ON N9E 1E5
Office Hours
M-F: 9am - 5pm
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