Effects of habit-breaking appliances on tongue movements during deglutition in children with tongue thrust swallowing using ultrasonography - A pilot study

• Main Authors: Mihir Nayak (Author), Sandya Devi S Patil (Author), Madhu Kakanur (Author), Snehalika A More (Author), S Ravi Kumar (Author), Rachna Thakur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the duration and range of tongue movements in tongue thrust swallow patterns with and without habit-breaking appliances using computer-aided M-mode ultrasound images. Also to record the corresponding position of the tongue associated with n...