Publications by authors named "Melissa Picinato-Pirola"
Purpose: To identify orofacial myofunctional complaints and sleep-disordered breathing and correlate them with sleep habits in childhood.
Methods: The study included 71 parents/guardians of public school children aged 6 to 11 years. They answered a form with semi-structured medical history questions and the Nordic Orofacial Test-Screening - interview, the Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Tool Questionnaire, and the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire - all of them in their Portuguese/Brazilian versions in an online format.
Background: With the ageing process changes in the musculature of oro-facial structures take place, consequently there is a reduction in the strength and mobility of the lips, tongue and cheeks.
Objective: The aim of this study was to correlate oro-facial structures and chewing and swallowing functions among a group of senior citizens and young adults and check the influence of lip and tongue pressure of these functions.
Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional and analytical study.
Telehealth and Speech Therapy: usability assessment of an orientation and prevention program of orofacial myofunctional changes, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Codas
June 2023
Purpose: To assess the effect of an virtual speech-language orientation program, as well as the prevention of orofacial myofunctional alterations.
Methods: Fifty-five volunteer residents aged between 18 and 50 years of age residents of Federal District participated in the study, 14 men and 41 women with an average of 28. The orientation program was divided into five stages (1) The preparation of material to be used in the orientation program, (2) The completion of a semi-structured questionnaire made available through Google Forms, (3) Completion of a pre-orientation program questionnaire, (4) utilization of the speech therapy orientation program, (5) Completion of the post-orientation program questionnaire.
Background: Non-human primates are the closest animal models to humans regarding genetics, physiology and behaviour. Marmoset monkeys in particular are one of the most versatile species for biomedical research.
Objective: To assess the craniofacial growth and development of the masticatory function in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), from birth to the fourth month of life through minimally invasive cineradiographic imaging.
Article Synopsis
- The study aims to analyze and compare how the elderly and young adults perform chewing activities, focusing on factors like time taken, masticatory strokes, and overall effectiveness.
- Conducted with 50 participants (25 elderly and 25 young adults), the study employed video recordings to assess differences in chewing patterns and efficiency using a wheat flour biscuit.
- Findings revealed that while young adults primarily used an alternated bilateral chewing pattern, elderly participants showed a preference for simultaneous bilateral chewing, resulting in longer chewing times, more strokes, and lower effectiveness scores, influenced by the presence of dental prostheses.
Purpose: To verify whether the number of chewing strokes and the chewing time are influenced by dentofacial deformities in habitual free mastication.
Methods: Participants were 15 patients with diagnosis of class II dentofacial deformity (GII), 15 with class III (GIII), and 15 healthy control individuals with no deformity (CG). Free habitual mastication of a cornstarch cookie was analyzed, considering the number of chewing strokes and the time needed to complete two mastications.