Clinicians often wonder how to address oromyofunctional disorders when there is a craniofacial component. This presentation will review how to define considerations for multidisciplinary assessment, including the timing of OMF, surgery, and orthodontics. Participants will learn how to describe how craniofacial disorders contribute to OMD and differentiate oromyofunctional goals, objectives, and strategies to individualize patient care as it relates to craniofacial patients. 

Linda D’Onofrio, MS, CCC-SLP completed her degree in Communication Disorders at the University of Oregon, her medical externship at the Oregon Health Sciences University Medical Center, and her clinical fellowship at the Oregon VA Medical Center. As an adjunct instructor, she has taught graduate courses in oromyofunctional disorders and craniofacial disorders. She has reviewed manuscripts for the Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, and the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. Her paper “Oral dysfunction as a cause of malocclusion” in the journal Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research was awarded the most downloaded article for the journal in 2019 and 2020. She has lectured on oral physiology at several universities, including Stanford, Tufts, and the Vienna School for Interdisciplinary Dentistry.

0:00 – 5:00. Introduction

5:00 – 10:00 OMD CPCFT Members

10:00 - 25:00 Describing facial morphology

25:00 – 30:00 Individualized Treatment Hierarchy

30:00 – 35:00 Surgical & Orthodontic Schedule

35:00 – 40:00 Special Populations Treatment Planning & Prioritizing Care

40:00 – 45:00 Skills, Compensations & Teaching to the Individual

45:00 – 50:00 Conclusions

50:00 - 60:00 Questions

Financial: Linda D-Onofrio is a practicing clinician and paid lecturer and she is receiving an honorarium for this presentation. Linda has videos on these topics and others

for sale on Vimeo.

Nonfinancial: Linda is the administrator of the

Oromyofunctional Study Group on Facebook.Portions of this lecture have been presented elsewhere.