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This post is the fifth in a series on tongue thrust and how myofunctional therapy can help treat it. If you haven’t read parts 1-4 yet, I recommend you do before continuing. Diagnosing and treating tongue thrust with myofunctional therapy The consequences of tongue thrust are far reaching and can be quite serious. Fortunately, the majority of these cases can […]

This post is the fourth in a series on tongue thrust and how myofunctional therapy can help treat it. If you haven’t read parts 1-3 yet, I recommend you do before continuing. Symptoms of tongue thrust (continued) Furthermore, all of the air flowing through the mouths of mouth breathers causes their saliva to dry. As saliva dries it becomes more […]

This post is the third in a series on tongue thrust and how myofunctional therapy can help treat it. If you haven’t read parts 1 and 2 yet, I recommend you do before continuing. Symptoms of tongue thrust Regardless of the type of thrust, the symptoms are largely the same. Let’s take a look at the symptoms of tongue thrust […]

This post is the second in a series on tongue thrust and how myofunctional therapy can help treat it. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, I recommend you do before continuing. Types of open bite and their presentation (continued) Anterior thrust – this type of open bite is characterized by extreme protrusion of the upper incisors, with the lower […]

In our previous series, we looked at how myofunctional therapy can help treat a number of the most common orofacial myofunctional disorders, or OMDs. Next, we’ll take a deep dive into just one of those common OMDs – tongue thrust. We’ll discuss what it is, how it works, the symptoms and negative outcomes it causes, and how a myofunctional therapist […]

This post is the third in our four part series on treatment of OMDs with myofunctional therapy. If you haven’t read parts 1, 2, and 3 yet, I recommend you do before continuing. Treatment of tongue tie and lip tie with myofunctional therapy In many cases, a overgrown or misshapen frenulum either doesn’t cause a problem, or stretches out over […]

This post is the third in our four part series on treatment of OMDs with myofunctional therapy. If you haven’t read parts 1 and 2 yet, I recommend you do before continuing. Treatment of tongue tie and lip tie with myofunctional therapy Tongue tie is a condition where the lingual frenulum – the small membrane of tissue that connects the […]

This post is the second in our four part series on treatment of OMDs with myofunctional therapy. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, I recommend you do before continuing. Treatment of sleep apnea with myofunctional therapy Sleep apnea is a condition where the airway is restricted or blocked during sleep, causing the sleeper to run out of oxygen and […]

Treatment of orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs) In our last series of posts, we looked at symptoms of orofacial myofunctional disorders, or OMDs. This time, we’ll discuss how to relieve those symptoms and combat their underlying causes with orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT). There are many types of OMDs, but most of them have to do with improper posture of the muscles […]

This post is the third in a three part series on orofacial myofunctional disorders and orofacial myofunctional therapy. If you haven’t read parts 1 and 2 yet, I recommend you do before continuing. Types of orofacial myofunctional disorders (continued) Sleep disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnea Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, is a condition where the upper airway is blocked […]