Discussion: Prosthodontic rehabilitation of patients with maxillectomy is a challenge as it involves restoring speech, deglutition, mastication and respiration. This clinical report describes a comprehensive prosthodontic management of a young girl treated for a subtotal maxillectomy due to intraosseous mucoepidermoid carcinoma. The prosthodontic management that was carried out right from the s...

UNLABELLED To study mastication and swallowing disorders in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD). OBJECTIVE To investigate mastication and swallowing disorders in patients with severe TMD referred to surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinical and experimental study involving ten individuals with TMD submitted to deglutition videofluoroscopy. These patients did not have posterior tee...

I t is now about seventeen years since Kronecker and myself* advanced the view that in the act of deglutition liquids and semisolids are not carried down the (esophagus by the slow process of peristalsis, but are thrown down with great rapidity by the energetic contractions of the mylo-hyoid muscles especially. We supported this view, first, by experimental p~oofs obtained by the graphic method...

OBJECTIVE Patients suspected of having swallowing disorders, could highly benefit from simple diagnostic screening before being referred to specialist evaluations. The article analyzes various instrumental methods of dysphagia assessment, introduces surface electromyography (sEMG) to carry out rapid assessment of such patients, and debates proposed suggestions for sEMG screening protocol in ord...

Oral feeding difficulties are common in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The effect of oral-motor dysfunction on feeding problems has been proved in several studies. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of oral sensorimotor stimulations on feeding performance in children with spastic cerebral palsy. A total of 12 children with spastic cerebral palsy underwent 24 session...

Correpondence to: Michelle Santos Vianna-Lara Rua Francisco Rocha, 62, conj. 409 Batel – Curitiba – Paraná Brazil CEP 80420-130 Phone: 55 (41) 3014-0947 Fax: 55 41 271-1405 E-mail: [email protected] Abstract The purpose of this research was to compare the electromyographic (EMG) activity of the superior belly of orbicularis oris muscle between individuals with Class II Division 1 malocclusion, ...

Introduction: Epidermoid cysts of the neck occur less commonly than dermoid cysts of the head and neck. They are located mostly in the submental region and present as a painless slow growing swelling. The purpose of this article is to present an unusual case of submental epidermoid cyst which showed mobility and increase in the size on deglutition which is a very unusual finding. Case Report: A...

UNLABELLED The changes in mastication and deglutition in children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy need to be better characterized. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the frequency of parent-reported myofunctional changes and to determine if there are differences in the alteration patterns of children with adenotonsillar hypertrophy and subjects with adenoid hypertrophy. METHOD Questionnaire and assessme...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Critically ill patients represent a population with multiple risk factors for aspiration. Features such as decreased level of consciousness, mechanical ventilation, and comorbities as stroke, correlate with this increased threat in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Recognition of deglutition dysfunction may identify patients at high risk of aspiration, and thereby he...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Affective complaints are involved in bothersome oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD). The aim was to determine the relationship between the severity of OD and affective symptoms. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. METHODS One hundred seven patients underwent a standardized examination protocol including the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and fiberoptic endoscopic ev...