Volume 49, Number 2
Special Issue: Current Practices in Orofacial/Oropharyngeal Myofunctional Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (2023)

Editor's Introduction

In a recent consensus statement by an international committee,¹ orofacial/oropharyngeal myofunctional therapy (OMT or MFT) is included as part of a multidisciplinary approach for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There are many reasons why OMT is not yet widely accepted as a viable therapeutic strategy for OSA, primarily related to a paucity of literature. This Special Issue promotes scholarly papers addressing assessment procedures and therapeutic interventions that rely on principles and practices of orofacial myology for the management of OSA in children and adults.

¹Alonso-Fernández A. et al. (2022). International consensus document on obstructive sleep apnea. Archives of Bronconeumology, 58(1), 52-68. https://doi.org.10.1016/j.arbres.2021.03.017