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Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy UK
Advocating for Airway-Centred Dentistry
Advocating for Orofacial Myology in the prevention and treatment of
Oral, Dental, and Airway Disease.
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT), also known as Orofacial Myology. It is the neuromuscular re-education of the orofacial muscles that helps treat orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs).
Most OMDs originate with insufficient habitual nasal breathing or mouth breathing. OMDs can directly and/or indirectly affect:
History OMT: OMT originated within dentistry in the 1900s, when the fathers of modern orthodontics discovered that dysfunctional orofacial muscle function (tongue, lips, and cheeks) could affect orofacial development, function, and the stability of their work.
The four main goals of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy are:
▪︎ Nasal breathing (day and night)
▪︎ Lips together at rest (day and night)
▪︎ Correct tongue posture at rest (tongue to the roof of the mouth)
▪︎ Correct Swallowing
The therapy includes facial and tongue exercises and behaviour modification techniques to achieve these four goals.
🚩Sleep
🚩Breathing
🚩Chewing
🚩Swallowing
🚩Speech
🚩Breastfeeding
🚩TMJ
🚩Facial Aesthetics
🚩Orofacial skeletal growth and development
🚩Dental occlusion
🚩Dental Health
🚩Muscle therapy for Orthodontic stability
🚩...and more.
1906 - Dr. Edward Angle: "We are beginning to realise how common and varied are habits of the lips and tongue, how powerful and persistent they are in causing and maintaining malocclusion, how difficult they are to overcome and how hopeless is success in treatment unless they are overcome"
1918 - Dr. Alfred Rogers: "Father of Myofunctional Therapy" published in the Dental Cosmos referring to orofacial muscles as "living orthodontic appliances". Dr Rogers proposed in his article the use oral and facial exercises to improve function, therefore improving jaw development and dental alignment.
At Myofunctional Therapy UK, we work in close collaboration and refer to other clinicians such as:
▪︎ ENTs ⇲
▪︎ Dentists ⇲
▪︎ Oral Surgeons ⇲s
▪︎ Orthodontists ⇲
▪︎ Chiropractors ⇲
▪︎ Osteopaths ⇲
▪︎ Respiratory Consultants ⇲
▪︎ Speech and Language Therapists ⇲
▪︎ Nutritionists ⇲
▪︎ Allergy and Immunology Doctors ⇲
▪︎ GP's ⇲
▪︎ Sleep Physicians ⇲
▪︎ Midwives ⇲
▪︎ Lactation Consultants ⇲
▪︎ Physiotherapists ⇲
▪︎ Occupational Therapists ⇲
▪︎ Breathing Practitioners ⇲
▪︎ And more ... ⇲
At Myofunctional Therapy UK, we combine a range of
Therapy Treatments in our unique clinical protocols
We are the only Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy Centre in the UK to blend:
Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
"Myofunctional therapy decreases apnea-hypopnea index by approximately 50% in adults and 62% in children."
"Children with breathing problems like snoring, mouth breathing, or apnea are 40–100 times more likely to develop behavioral problems resembling ADHD.
"(a) a significant reduction of pain sensitivity to palpation of all muscles studied but not for the TMJs;
(b) increased measures of mandibular range of motion..."