Oral facial myology and Orthodontics:
Orofacial Myology is a therapy that studies the structure, arrangement and the actions of the muscles of the face, jaw, tongue and lips. These muscles control functions such as chewing, swallowing and speech, and also have an effect on teeth alignment and jaw development.
Specialised therapy (known as Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy or OMT) are personalised exercises, which can retrain your muscles to work the way the body was designed to work, while resting and functioning correctly throughout the day.
Orofacial Myology can help
Orofacial myology can help with a variety of conditions. These include:
- Speech sounds
- Thumb/finger/lip sucking or nail biting
- Oral habits such as hair, lip and clothes sucking
- Messy/poor feeding and chewing habits
- Mouth breathing or open mouth posture
- Problems with tongue movement or resting position
- Tongue or lip ties
- Dental alignment and bite problems
- Damage to their teeth including tooth wear
- Nasal airway problems
Our philosophy is to take a team approach. We work closely with Doctors, speech pathologists, Ear Nose and Throat specialists, Oral Maxillo-facial specialists and Paediatric dentists to customised each child’s needs.
Orofacial Myology may help your child learn good oral postural habits and improve speech and development for life. Often when the palate is narrow or the front teeth are protruded this will affects the child’s ability to form certain speech sounds and tongue positioning. Orthodontics can aid in arch development and tooth alignment to help improve oral posture.
Togue resting against the roof of the mouth aids in jaw development. Lips closed keeps saliva in the mouth and our teeth and gums healthy.
For further information contact our friendly reception to book a complimentary consultation to discuss your child’s needs.