This therapy corrects incorrect habits of the facial, tongue, and lip muscles, influencing harmonious facial development and essential functions: breathing, swallowing, speech, and chewing.
It is essential for children, as well as adults, to complement orthodontic, TMJ, or postural treatments.
When this therapy is needed:
- The tongue is always resting low or between the teeth;
- Your child has difficulty pronouncing words clearly;
- Sucks their thumb, lip, or objects;
- Breathing is done mostly through the mouth;
- Teeth grow crooked due to tongue position.
Services included in this category:
- Therapy for correcting tongue position (infantile swallowing);
- Exercises for toning orofacial muscles;
- Training for nasal breathing;
- Correction of vicious habits (thumb sucking, tongue thrusting);
- Speech therapy for incorrectly articulated sounds;
- Support for children with speech delay or phonetic difficulties.
Ignoring myofunctional imbalances can lead to:
- deformation of dental arches;
- difficulties in speech, chewing, and breathing;
- relapses in orthodontic treatments.