Full Description
The book explores myofunctional therapy and its role in addressing oropharyngeal functional disorders in individuals afflicted with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). It covers the critical lack of scientific understanding regarding suitable patients and optimal exercises to be used in the disease. The volume provides the necessary knowledge to identify and address these disorders from childhood, in order to prevent further development of the disease. It encompasses functional, anatomical, and physiological dimensions and promotes a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, fostering collaboration among specialists in otolaryngology, pulmonology, speech therapy, sleep surgery, and dentistry. It also combines this therapy with other well-established treatments such as CPAP, mandibular advancement devices, and surgery.
Contents
Foreward.- .Section 1: Introduction to OSA and Myofunctional Disorders.- 1. History of OSA And Myofunctional Therapy .- 2. Epidemiology of OSA and Myofunctional Disorders.- 3. OSA Pathogenesis: Hypotonic Phenotype.- 4. OSA and Myofunctional Disorders Diagnosis and Therapy Concepts and Limitations.- 5. Sleep Revolution and Myofunctional Therapy.- 6. Critical Evaluation of the Actual Paradygm (Sensory Motor Rehabilitation).- .Section 2: Diagnosis of OSA and Myofunctional Disorders.- 7. Anatomy of Orofacial Complex and Relationship with OSA.- 8. Functional Breathing Disorders in Sleep Disordered Breathing Patients.- 9. Clinical Assessment of Patient with Sleep Disordered Breathing and Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders.- 10. ANKYLOGLOSIA It importance in OSA development.- 11. Types of Sleep Study and Their Evaluation. What I Have To Know?.- 12. Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy and Its Correlation with Functional Muscle Disorder.- 13. Diagnostic Tools for Myofunctional Disorder in SDB Patients.- 14. Ultrasound evaluation in SDB patients and its utility in Myofunctional therapy.- 15. Myofunctional importance of genioglosus muscle in OSA.- 16. Myofunctional disorders in children with sleep disordered breathing.- .SECTION 3: Myofunctional Therapy for OSA.- 17. Myofunctional Therapy and CPAP.- 18. Myofunctional Therapy and Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD).- 19. Myofunctional Therapy and OSA Surgery.- 20. Passive Myofunctional Therapy and OSA.- 21. Myofunctional Therapy as Unique Treatment for OSA.
