Physiological study on the effect of oral myofunctional therapy in the period of growth and development

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26463123
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Orthodontics/Pediatric dentistry
• Research Institution: Kanagawa Dental College
• Principal Investigator: Kimoto Shigenari 神奈川歯科大学, 大学院歯学研究科, 教授 (90205013)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 口腔機能 / 口腔筋機能療法 / 口唇閉鎖力 / 舌圧

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of oral myofunctional therapy (MFT) to oral function in the period of growth and development. We verified the effect of MFT on the improvement of lip closing pressure and tongue raising pressure. The lip pressure and tongue pressure were measured on the children who had MFT for the reason with mouth breathing, abnormal swallowing or tongue thrusting habit. Both the lip pressure and tongue pressure increased by MFT in early period. We found remarkable effect of MFT on tongue pressure, especially on the children with restriction of tongue movement after the frenotomy of the lingual frenulum.

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小児歯科学