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New Trends in                                                                                     Marian-Vladimir
                                                                                                  Constantinescu
Myofunctional Therapy                                                                             DDS, MSc, PhD
Occlusion, Muscle and Posture                                                                     Holistic Dental & Medical Institute
                                                                                                  of Bucharest - ROPOSTURO
                                                                                                  Bucharest, Romania
Authors: Sabina Saccomanno,                                                                       e-mail: dr.vladimir.constantinescu@gmail.com
Licia Coceani Paskay
Publisher: Edi.Ermes, Italy
Language: English
ISBN: 978-88-7051-629-6
Edition: 1/e




                                                                                                                              Books Review
Publish Year: 2020
Pages: 330, illustrated
Price: € 68,00




In orthodontics and dento-facial orthopedics, a priority role is given to the oral function in both
craniofacial growth and development, as well as in dental occlusion. Everyone is convinced that
a young patient benefits from the orthodontist working in a medical team with specialists from
different disciplines who follow the oral function evolution.
However, in current practice a young patient does not benefit from a holistic, inter and multi-
disciplinary evaluation, as a result of a concrete collaboration between doctors, dentists, ortho-
dontists, speech therapists, myofunctional therapists, osteopaths and otorhinolaryngologists.
The book entitled "New Trends in Myofunctional Therapy" covers the experience of two
editors, an orthodontist, Sabina Saccomanno, Professor Master in Clinical Orthodontics at the
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy and a speech therapist Licia Coceani Paskay,
Speech-Language Pathologist, with private practice, in Los Angeles, CA, USA, with 20 coauthors
and 10 collaborators.
The volume has 15 chapters which approach the correlations between orofacial functions,
occlusion and posture to better understand the appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic
procedures that can be followed by the multidisciplinary medical team, addressing a young
patient’s global myofunctional disorders.
After an enumeration of medical records and multidisciplinary examination in holistic approach,
an identification of malocclusion and a clinical and instrumental diagnosis of orofacial dysfunc-
tions is made. Myofunctional therapy exercises and home-based myofunctional therapy and
diary are presented in detail together with a myofunctional therapy protocol in alterations of the
lingual frenulum. Orthodontic appliances in myofunctional therapy are eloquently illustrated by
age groups. The book further focuses on unrelated topics in the field of orthodontics, such as
orofacial pain, otitis media with effusion, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, Down syndrome,
and gloss-postural syndrome.
The book also provides practical tools, namely the Myofunctional Therapy Diary and Tongue
Diary, as guides for a wide range of exercises, along with a video series explaining myofunctional
therapy exercises.
The book confirms the validity of the Oro Myo Functional Therapy, proving to be a useful guide
for understanding the importance of the functional balance between the craniofacial region
and posture for doctors, dentists, orthodontists, speech therapists, myofunctional therapists,
osteopaths and otolaryngologists.




                https://doi.org/10.25241/stomaeduj.2021.8(3).bookreview.3


        The Books Review is drafted in the reviewer’s sole wording and illustrates his opinions




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