Resources
BOOKS:
Tongue-Tied: How a Tiny String under the Tongue Impacts Nursing, Speech, Feeding and More
Dr. Richard Baxter
https://www.amazon.com/Tongue-Tied-String-Impacts-Nursing-Feeding/dp/1732508208
Nobody Ever Told Me or My Mother That!
Diane Bahr
https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Ever-Told-Mother-That/dp/1935567209
(excellent book on Child Development by Diane Bahr, a Speech Language Pathologist, Researcher and Lecturer who specializes in Infant Feeding)
RESEARCH ARTICLES:
Myofunctional Therapy
Myofunctional Therapy Study on Sleep Apnea (Systematic Review and Meta Analysis)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4402674/
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/orofacial-myofunctional-disorders/
Ankyloglossia
What is a Tongue Tie?
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/VYFG9XY9Y3JCPJKQEK7T?target=10.1002/ca.23343
Functional definition of Anklyglossia (tongue tie):
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/EHCWTCIAMZZ6F5X2JM8C?target=10.1111/joor.13144
Sleep Apnea in Children
“Associations between frontal lobe structure, parent-reported obstructive sleep disordered breathing and childhood behavior in the ABCD dataset”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22534-0
VIDEOS:
Why We Sleep
Normal Breastfeeding and Tongue/ Lip Ties
Tongue-Tie and TMJ Disorders
Interaction of Tongue-Tie with the Fascia System
Importance of Correct Diagnosis and Treatment of TOTS (“Tethered Oral Tissue”)
Vivos Patient Education Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WM5y3F3AhI
Mouth Breathing and Craniofacial Development
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
Right to Grow
Orthotropic Treatment Explained
Myofunctional Therapy for Children
Goals for Myofunctional Therapy
Recommendations for further research:
Dr. Saroush Zhagi, MD, ENT, Sleep Physician at The Breathe Institute YouTube Channel
Sarah Hornsby, RDH, OMT. Faceology YouTube Channel
LOCAL PROVIDERS
Health Latch (TOTS release for infants)
Balance Epigenetic Orthodontics, Dr. David Buck