Retrain Your Body to Breathe Freely
Myofunctional Therapy can help you unlock better breathing, better sleep, and relief from life-long symptoms of underdeveloped orofacial behavior.
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) is the neurologic re-education of the oral and facial muscles.
- Improve your breathing day and night!
- Prevent or resolve painful dental issues like tooth grinding and TMJ
- Improve your little one’s speech, sleeping habits, and facial structure
- Promote breathing through your nose and reduce mouth breathing.
- Benefit from a holistic, pharmaceutical-free therapy
The therapy focuses on training the soft tissues of the face, neck, and mouth to achieve optimal tongue position and oral rest posture. By relieving stress and pressure on these tissues, you or your child will immediately feel relief. Training the muscle memory will help carry these benefits long into the future!
Relief for the Whole Family
From newborns to adults, myofunctional therapy can relieve symptoms that are often treated with more invasive solutions.
Sleeping & Breathing
OMDs such as mouth breathing can lead to changes in oral posture, potentially affecting the development of the jaw and airway. Sleep concerns can develop such as insomnia, or waking in the middle of the night, disrupting your sleep cycles. OMDs can lead to breathing difficulties and exacerbate asthma symptoms, insomnia, sleep apnea, or cause snoring, and lead to fatigue.
Emotional Effects
OMDs can have a significant impact on an individual’s mental health, including feelings of anxiety and depression, lowering self-esteem and quality of life. Children with OMDs may experience symptoms that mirror those of ADHD.
Dental Complications
OMDs can lead to issues such as malocclusion or misaligned teeth, inflammation of oral tissues, increased gingivitis and cavities, in addition to jaw joint and facial pain.
Excess Weight
When we don’t sleep well, it causes our bodies stress. This stress, at a time when we should be resting, leads to the release of the stress hormones leptin and ghrelin. One tells your brain to conserve energy and slows down how many calories you burn, while the other tells you to eat and makes you feel hungry.
Speech Difficulties
OMDs can affect the muscles used in speech, leading to speech difficulties, such as lisping, and other speech impediments.
Increased Risk of Disease
Untreated disorders can lead to increased risks of serious conditions such as high blood pressure, asthma, cardiovascular disease, dementia, and more!
Sleeping & Breathing
OMDs such as mouth breathing can lead to changes in oral posture, potentially affecting the development of the jaw and airway. Sleep concerns can develop such as insomnia, or waking in the middle of the night, disrupting your sleep cycles. OMDs can lead to breathing difficulties and exacerbate asthma symptoms, insomnia, sleep apnea, or cause snoring, and lead to fatigue.
Emotional Effects
OMDs can have a significant impact on an individual’s mental health, including feelings of anxiety and depression, lowering self-esteem and quality of life. Children with OMDs may experience symptoms that mirror those of ADHD.
Dental Complications
OMDs can lead to issues such as malocclusion or misaligned teeth, inflammation of oral tissues, increased gingivitis and cavities, in addition to jaw joint and facial pain.
Excess Weight
When we don’t sleep well, it causes our bodies stress. This stress, at a time when we should be resting, leads to the release of the stress hormones leptin and ghrelin. One tells your brain to conserve energy and slows down how many calories you burn, while the other tells you to eat and makes you feel hungry.
Speech Difficulties
OMDs can affect the muscles used in speech, leading to speech difficulties, such as lisping, and other speech impediments.
Increased Risk of Disease
Untreated disorders can lead to increased risks of serious conditions such as high blood pressure, asthma, cardiovascular disease, dementia, and more!
What Our Patients Are Saying
This is an area of dentistry that is definitely overlooked and needs to gain exposure. Dr. S is so knowledgeable and passes the information to patients with such ease.
She is passionate about it and it really shows.
The staff is professional and kind.
We drive from far away and it’s definitely worth it.
I was introduced to Dental Studio due to my grinding at night which has led to chronic jaw pain. Dr. Sandhya took the time to get to the root cause of the problem (which uncovered pre-obstructive sleep apnea) rather than suggesting simple Botox injections to treat the symptoms. I’m currently getting my cleanings here as well ans going through palate expansion.
All of them are extremely thorough, gentle, and transparent. I love how they explain things in an easy to understand way. Additionally, they have a genuine interest in my dental health and progress as well as in my family and learning more about me as a person. I’m very grateful for the team and would highly recommend!