Revista de medicina pulmonar

Orofacial characteristics of oral and oronasal respirators caracteristicas miofuncionais orofaciais de respiradores orais eoronasais

Fabiola Maria Goncalves Felix de Mattos

Purpose: to compare the variables of the Orofacial Assessment with Orophilic Scores between nasal, oral and oronasal respirators.
Methods: sample consisting of three distinct groups subdivided into nasal, oral and oronasal respirators, with ages ranging from 6 to 12 years of
both genders. The characteristics of the orofacial musculature were measured using the protocol.