Toropov O. A., Lokes K. P., Karasiunok A. Y., Steblovskyi D. V., Lychman V. O., Avetikov D. S.

THE INFLUENCE OF MAXILLOFACIAL DEFORMITIES ON SPEECH DISORDERS IN CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE

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Toropov O. A., Lokes K. P., Karasiunok A. Y., Steblovskyi D. V., Lychman V. O., Avetikov D. S.

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DENTISTRY

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This work is devoted to evaluating the relationship between malocclusion and speech disorders to understand their etiology in schoolchildren for optimizing diagnostic and treatment algorithms. Most foreign authors attribute dental dysglossia as the main cause, which most often manifests as the omission of some letters from words, the substitution of phonetically similar sounds, incorrect pronunciation of some sounds, and the inclusion of extra sounds in a word. The study involved 250 schoolchildren aged 7 to 9 years. Articulation, its mechanisms, central and lateral dental occlusions, articulatory praxis, position and size of the tongue at rest, and swallowing function were investigated. Participants underwent a clinical examination by a single assessor under identical conditions, which consisted of assessing occlusion, crowding (discrepancy between available space and tooth size), assessing articulatory praxis and masticatory muscles by observing the muscles during balloon inflation and palpating the masticatory muscle when the patient clenches their teeth. The presence of harmful habits was investigated through a questionnaire with additional answers to a survey provided to parents regarding the child's habits. A correlation was established between dental malocclusion and articulatory praxis in schoolchildren. According to our data, rotacism is observed in 72.5% of cases, and sigmatism in 68.3%. Thus, the presence of malocclusion can cause an imbalance in the functioning of the dentomaxillofacial system. It was found that this pathology is associated with harmful habits and functional changes in the masticatory muscles, leading to dysfunction of the dentomaxillofacial apparatus. Awareness of this connection in young school-aged children will help relevant specialists implement new algorithms for preventive and therapeutic measures for optimal development of the oral cavity and its structural elements.

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«Bulletin of problems biology and medicine», Issue 2,177, 558-563 pages, index UDC 616.314-089.23:616.716-06-053.2

DOI:

10.29254/2077-4214-2025-2-177-558-563