Myofunctional therapy

The vital connection between muscle function and oral wellness

What is Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT)?
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) focuses on improving oral health and facial muscle function. By targeting the muscles in your lips, tongue, cheeks, upper airway, and face, OMT helps restore balance and boost overall well-being. This therapy not only enhances function but also provides long-term health and aesthetic benefits.

OMT uses tailored exercises to strengthen and retrain neurological pathways crucial for:

Craniofacial development in children
Ideal function in adults

Identifying Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMDs):

OMDs can affect essential functions such as:

Breathing
Sucking
Chewing

Swallowing
Speech

These disorders can disrupt the positioning of the lips, tongue, and cheeks,
impacting facial aesthetics, airway health, and oral health.

What can Myofunctional Therapy Treat?

Orthodontic Stability

OMT promotes proper tongue posture and muscular balance, preventing relapse after orthodontic treatment.

Correcting Low Tongue Posture

Improving the tongue’s resting position encourages proper breathing, chewing, and swallowing.

Mouth Breathing

Encourages nasal breathing for better overall health.

Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Reduces snoring and OSA severity through targeted exercises.

TMD Symptoms

Alleviates symptoms of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders by rebalancing jaw muscles.

Facial Esthetics

Enhances facial symmetry and reduces wrinkles by strengthening facial muscles.

Orthodontic Stability

OMT promotes proper tongue posture and muscular balance, preventing relapse after orthodontic treatment.

Correcting Low Tongue Posture

Improving the tongue’s resting position encourages proper breathing, chewing, and swallowing.

Mouth Breathing

Encourages nasal breathing for better overall health.

Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Reduces snoring and OSA severity through targeted exercises.

TMD Symptoms

Alleviates symptoms of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders by rebalancing jaw muscles.

Facial Esthetics

Enhances facial symmetry and reduces wrinkles by strengthening facial muscles.

What to Expect During
Your Visit

Comprehensive Initial Assessment:

We’ll evaluate your unique oral and facial functions to tailor our approach to your specific needs.

Customized Therapy Plan:

Based on the assessment, we’ll create a personalized myofunctional therapy plan to address your conditions and treatment goals.

Flexible Appointments:

Choose between in-person or virtual sessions to fit your lifestyle and ensure consistent progress.

Tongue Ties and Myofunctional Therapy

Understanding Tongue Ties

A tongue tie restricts tongue movement, in severe cases affecting breathing, swallowing, chewing, and speaking. A minor surgical procedure called a frenectomy can release the tongue tie if indicated.

The Role of Myofunctional Therapy

Essential before and after a frenectomy, it prepares the tongue and muscles for surgery and aids in recovery, maintaining improvements.

Orthodontics and Myofunctional Therapy

Improving Orthodontic Outcomes with OMT

Promotes balance among facial muscles, enhancing the stability of treatments like Clear Aligner Therapy.

Stabilizing Orthodontic Results

Maintains teeth alignment and minimizes orthodontic relapse by improving tongue posture.

Optimizing Muscle Function

Often overlooked, muscle function plays a vital role in orthodontics. OMT optimizes muscle function, contributing to a healthier and more stable bite.

Snoring, Sleep Apnea, and Myofunctional Therapy

Addressing Sleep Disorders with OMT

OMT strengthens the muscles around the airway to reduce snoring and sleep apnea.

Improving Airway Functionality

Helps maintain an open airway during sleep, reducing snoring and sleep apnea symptoms.

Integrative Approach to Sleep Health

Complements other therapies for comprehensive treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders, promoting long-term sleep quality improvement.

TMD and Myofunctional Therapy

Understanding TMD Causes

Various factors, including underdeveloped jaws, nighttime grinding, dental trauma, misaligned bites, mouth breathing, airway issues, and muscle strain from anxiety, contribute to TMD.

How Myofunctional Therapy Helps

Rebalances the muscles around the mouth, face, and neck, alleviating TMD-related discomfort and dysfunction. Improves muscle function and coordination for essential functions like breathing, chewing, and swallowing.

Treatment Goals and Benefits

Reduces or eliminates TMD pain and symptoms, improves quality of life, and reduces the need for invasive treatments.

Facial Esthetics and Myofunctional Therapy

Revitalizing Facial Esthetics with OMT

Improves facial movements and habits for a more youthful appearance by refining muscle efficiency and coordination.

Enhancing Muscle Efficiency for Balanced, Youthful Aesthetics

Targets muscles involved in chewing, swallowing, and breathing to support optimal oral health and achieve a balanced, smoother, and more youthful look.

Myofunctional therapy

What can Myofunctional Therapy Treat?

Orthodontic Stability

Correcting Low Tongue Posture

Mouth Breathing

Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

TMD Symptoms

Facial Esthetics

Orthodontic Stability

Correcting Low Tongue Posture

Mouth Breathing

Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

TMD Symptoms

Facial Esthetics

What to Expect During Your Visit

Comprehensive Initial Assessment:

Customized Therapy Plan:

Flexible Appointments:

Tongue Ties and Myofunctional Therapy

Orthodontics and Myofunctional Therapy

Snoring, Sleep Apnea, and Myofunctional Therapy

TMD and Myofunctional Therapy

Facial Esthetics and Myofunctional Therapy

What to Expect During
Your Visit