A set of vertices in graph is a total dominating set of if every vertex of is adjacent to some vertex in . The minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of is the total domination number . A graph with no isolated vertex is total domination vertex critical if for any vertex of that is not adjacent to a vertex of degree one, the total domination number of is less than the total domination number of . We call such graphs -critical. If such a graph has total domination number , we call it --critical. It is well known from Sohn et al. (Discrete Appl Math 159:46-52, 2011) that the only remainin...