Orofacial muscles activity in children with swallowing dysfunction and removable functional appliances

• Main Authors: Giuseppe Messina (Author), Valerio Giustino (Author), Francesco Martines (Author), Serena Rizzo (Author), Alessio Pirino (Author), Fabio Scoppa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Swallowing dysfunction is a frequent disorder among children and refers to an altered tongue posture and abnormal tongue movement during swallowing. Removable functional appliance is one of the treatments applied by dentistry to correct this disorder. The aim of this study was to evaluate any differ...