Froggy mouth: a new myofunctional approach to atypical swallowing

Authors

  • S Di Vecchio Department of Dentistry Hospital San Pietro F.B.F., Rome
  • P Manzini Department of Maxillofacial Unit, Neuroscience, Carlo Poma Hospital, Mantova
  • E Candida Private practice Rome
  • M Gargari Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2019.20.01.07

Keywords:

Atypical swallowing, Froggy Mouth, Myofunctional appliance, Open bite, Orthodontics, Speech therapy

Abstract

MATERIALS: The Froggy Mouth appliance has been tested by the authors Di Vecchio at the Orthognatodontics department of Fatebenefratelli San Pietro Hospital in Rome, Italy, and by Manzini at the Orthodontics department of Carlo Poma Hospital in Mantova, Italy. This article will illustrate the clinical protocol of the appliance with therapeutic indications, clinical phases, instruction and patients and parents motivation and follow-up results. CONCLUSION: The clinical evidences indicate that the Froggy Mouth is effective in the myofunctional correction of the atypical swallowing mechanism, providing the clinician a new therapeutic approach for neuromuscular re-training of atypical deglutition and dysfunctional deglutition in patients during their growth phase. However, further scientific evidences are needed to support the results of this investigation.