TLDR: Dr. Zaghi lectures for the International Surgical Sleep Society (ISSS) in support of Myofunctional Therapy and Functional Frenuloplasty as a safe and effective treatment methodology for certain sleep and airway issues.
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Dr. Zaghi was recently invited to present and contribute to a debate about the pros and cons of myofunctional therapy and frenuloplasty as part of a series of online lectures developed for the International Surgical Sleep Society (ISSS).
For those who are not aware of the ongoing controversy, a previous blog post by Dr. Eric Kezarian claimed that: “There is no proven benefit to oral myofunctional therapy or frenuloplasty for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults as it is commonly practiced in the United States. If you are an adult and want to use exercises to treat your sleep apnea, go to Brazil for people that are using tested approaches.”
These attempts at debunking the results we see everyday (in well over 2000 patients in just our office alone) amounts to what we feel is little more than an expression of a biased point of view (RE: the role of oral myofunctional therapy and frenuloplasty).
What is very disheartening about the standards of care in modern medicine, is the all too common resistance to consider other perspectives. Dr. Kezirian "encourage[s] practitioners to perform research" yet subsequently tries to belittle the 3-year long research project we accomplished alongside an expert team of clinicians and researchers. The author continues by stating that “there have been no objective studies examining effects on OSA since that time.” We would like to ensure our readers that we are in the process of finalizing the data collection from our objective follow-up study, however the limitations of human research during COVID-19 caused us to experience a huge set back. We as an Institute wholeheartedly believe that studying this topic systematically will benefit everyone......(VISIT: www.thebreatheinstitute.com/b... TO CONTINUE READING)