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Great dentistry combined with myofunctional therapy means more complete oral and facial health.

• Nasal breathing is key part of decreasing decay and periodontal disease.
• Children whose mouth breathing is untreated may develop long narrow faces, narrow mouths and malocclusion.
• These children do not sleep well at night due to obstructed airways. This lack of sleep can adversely affect their growth and academic performance.

Beautiful smiles are your business. Myofunctional disorders make closing spaces and bite more difficult, increase relapse, more likely to have airway obstruction and causes breathing problems at night.

• Tongue thrust elimination and proper tongue position at rest.
• Ensure tongue is on palate to guide proper craniofacial development.
• Children that mouth breath become adults with sleep apnea. Sleep apnea starts with breathing dysfunction. Re-establishing nasal breathing is a key part of therapy.

Many patients with myofunctional disfunctions need alignment care. Frenum restrictions in the mouth cause tight muscles and fascia throughout the head and neck. Incorrect tongue placement leads to improper muscle function and use for chewing, swallowing and speaking. Many struggle with their posture and head and neck pain because of restricted frenums.

• Address tight fascia under tongue to improve alignment.
• Improve tone of tongue to eliminate facial and neck compensations.
• Establish nasal breathing which impacts diaphram.

The tongue in an organ. If patients can't elevate their tongue correctly on the the palate-this causes dysfunction on many levels. It causes mouth breathing and open mouth posture which can eventually lead to sleep apnea and TMJ problems. Our patients want to know the why behind their health issues.

• Myofunctional therapy is a part of getting to the root cause of many health problems.
• Nasal breathing is vital for health. It is one of our main goals of therapy.
• Help boost immunity and learn better breathing.

Many patients with myofunctional disorders have digestion problems. They may swallow air while drinking and eating which is directly related to tongue thrust. Most of us eat too fast and don't chew our food well. We spend time on correct chewing and swallowing function to improve many issues including ones in the gut.

• Mindful Eating
• Address Tongue Thrust which is tied to agrophagia (the swallowing of air)
• Improve muscle tone of mouth and face