Recommended Reading

Below are links to peer-reviewed research studies, systematic reviews, meta-studies/analysis, medical reviews, case reports, and research papers pertaining to Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) and treatment/relation to the following:

• Myofunctional Therapy to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

• How Myofunctional Therapy Can Help Prevent Orthodontic Relapse

• Ankyloglossia as a risk factor for maxillary hypoplasia and soft palate elongation: A functional - morphological study

• Lingual and Maxillary Labial Frenuloplasty with Myofunctional Therapy as a Treatment for Mouth Breathing and Snoring

• Impact of Oral Myofunctional Therapy on Orofacial Myofunctional Status and Tongue Strength in Patients with Tongue Thrust

• The Role of Myofunctional Therapy in Pediatric Dentistry

• Effects of Oropharyngeal Exercises on Snoring: A Randomized Trial

•  Myofunctional Speech Therapy for Facial Rejuvenation and Orofacial Function Improvement: A Systematic Review 

•  Fascia: An update on the tongue-to-toe connection 

•  The Muscles Of The Tongue: A Complex System 

•  Evaluating the Impact of Myofunctional Therapy on Orthodontic Treatment Outcomes 

• Myofunctional Therapy - Dental Sleep Practice

• OMD Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders: Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment

• Relapse of anterior open bites treated with orthodontic appliances with and without orofacial myofunctional therapy

• Oromyofunctional Therapy and Orthodontics

• How Myofunctional Therapy can help prevent orthodontic relapse

• The Effects of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy on Children with OSAHS’s Craniomaxillofacial Growth: A Systematic Review

• Tongue Tie Educational Resource, Dr. Zaghi

• Children's Airway First Foundation--Parent's Portal