Froggymouth: An Anoetic Approach. Neurosciences and Swallowing Rehabilition

Englanninkielinen kirja: Neurosciences and Swallowing Rehabilition. Froggymouth: An Anoetic Approach. Kirjan kirjoittaja on Froggymouthin kehittäjä ja oikomishammaslääkäri Patrick Fellus, joka on toiminut lasten oikomishoidon lääkärinä yli 40 vuotta. Hän on tehnyt pioneerityötä oikomishoidossa ja nielemisen kuntoutuksessa ja kehittänyt Froggymouth-apuvälineen v.2012.

For decades we treated incorrect tooth position with mechanical treatments. But these treatments can be harmful, expensive, they often relapse. That is why in recent years, the school of thought of functional treatments has been growing and is continuing to do so. We realised that, oral dysmorphia is, most of the time, caused by oral dysfunctions. By rehabilitating these dysfunctions, we can reduce the length of mechanical treatments, and even avoid them when the patient is treated early enough.

This book presents how, in symbiosis with the progress in neurosciences made by the 2000 Nobel Prize Eric Kandel, the Dr Patrick Fellus, a now retired Orthodontist with more than 40 years of experience, created a swallowing rehabilitation device (the Froggymouth).