Myofunctional therapy is neuro-muscular retraining used to CORRECT THE IMPROPER FUNCTION OF THE OROFACIAL COMPLEX (tongue, soft palate, facial and masticatory muscles) and HELPS TO ADDRESS/RETRAIN POOR ORAL HABITS RELATED TO:
1. Mouth breathing
2. Improper chewing and swallowing
3. Tongue -tie
4. Tongue thrust
5. Nail/lip biting
6. Thumb sucking/Extended pacifier use
If you are not sleeping, breathing and chewing well, it is physically IMPOSSIBLE TO BE OPTIMALLY HEALTHY!
Regardless of age, you can retrain healthy, functional muscle patterns, improving the quality of life.
The ultimate goal of the therapy is to OPTIMIZE BREATHING & SLEEP, CHEWING, SWALLOWING and SPEECH using personalized exercises and activities with focus on strength, coordination and correct function integration of the Orofacial muscles:
- Promoting a lip seal.
- Promoting a ‘roof of the mouth’ tongue rest position.
- Promoting a ‘back teeth together’ swallow.
- Training ‘both sides’ chewing and correct drinking.
- Keeping hands and other objects away from the face.
- Training exclusive nasal breathing
- Developing a harmonious ‘lips and lower half of the face’ muscles pattern.
- Correcting ‘dysfunctional’ habit patterns.
RED HOUSE DENTAL Myofunctional therapists welcome your questions at [email protected]
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Red House Dental is located in the heart of downtown Richmond Hill at 38 Arnold Crescent.
