Phonetic disorders are errors of articulation and resonance phonemes, which, in the presence or absence organic changes phonoarticulatory organs, persist beyond acquisition perceptual articulatory skills. For correct production each vowel/consonant, structures apparatus come into contact a variable way, following finely coordinated movements, adopt certain position to allow emission sound. Orof...

Sjogren's Syndrome is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder that usually accompanied by dry eyes and mouth due to inflammation abnormalities in the lacrimal salivary glands. This disease can cause decrease production of secretions other organs need moisture, such as nose, throat, respiratory tract, skin. The prevalence general population not yet known, but Americas 0.05-4.8% population. Sixty ...

Total respiratory impedance was assessed from 4 to 30 Hz in ten normal subjects breathing air and a helium-oxygen gas mixture using two methods of applying pressure oscillations at the airway opening: 1) the conventional method where pressure is varied at the mouth: 2) the method recently developed by Peslin et al. (J Appl Physiol, 1985, 59, 1790-1795) in which pressure is varied both at the mo...

The anatomical states of the oral cavity and pharynx during mouth breathing in children with adenoid hypertrophy and in adults confirmed the speculation that mouth breathing is disadvantageous compared with nose breathing. In addition, comparison of the anatomical state between wakefulness and sleep in normal adults showed slight depression of the tongue root and slight narrowing of the orophar...

X erostomia, or the subjective feeling of a dry mouth, is a common complaint. It is often a consequence of salivary hypofunction (hyposalivation), in which there is objective evidence of reduced salivary output or qualitative changes in saliva. Typically, patients complain of oral dryness only when salivary secretion is reduced by more than half.1 As saliva has a crucial role in taste perceptio...

This study was conducted to investigate the value of using physical anomalies (PAs) to evaluate early prenatal injury in schizophrenia. PAs are minor abnormalities in development of the head, hands, and feet that are presumably associated with insult during the first trimester. Sixty-seven schizophrenic inpatients and 88 normal controls were evaluated for PAs. The schizophrenic patients showed ...

Three sibs with Cohen syndrome are presented. Abnormalities present in all three children include mental retardation, hypotonia, and short philtrum with open mouth and prominent lips. The older two sibs have a similar facies and an engaging personality. The youngest child shows a different facial appearance and marked behavioural problems, thereby illustrating the intrafamilial variability whic...

3q26.33-3q27.2 microdeletion can be classified as a clinical entity characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, feeding problems in infancy, short stature, intellectual disability, hypotonia, dysmorphic facial features (medially sparse eyebrows, narrow horizontal palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, flat nasal bridge and tip, short philtrum, and downturned corners of mouth), and teeth an...

The craniofacial abnormalities of popliteal pterygium syndrome present unique challenges to the pediatric anesthetist. Congenital fibrous bands between the maxilla and mandible limit mouth opening and the tongue may be fused to the palate. We describe the use of the Shikani Optical Stylet, a novel fiberoptic endoscope, in the airway management of a neonate with popliteal pterygium syndrome and ...

Menopause is a natural developmental stage in woman's life that marked by permanent cessation of menstruation. The period after menopause called postmenopausal. causes irreversible hormonal changes. Hormones have potential role the development and integrity oral cavity. Changes cavity vulnerability postmenopausal women to abnormalities due decreased reproductive hormones, make this be an import...