Appliances for treatment of oral sensori--motor disorders.

Cerebral palsied children with predominant oral sensori-motor disorders were treated with functional appliances. Clinical experience with the coordination and the synchronization of interdependent functional chains is reported. Reasonable therapeutic success in control of drooling, masticatory and swallowing defects as well as of perioral dysfunction, dysphonia and dysarticulation suggests a wider use of such functional methods.