The length of your myofunctional therapy journey varies based on your unique concerns. During your treatment, we’ll explore personalized facial exercises that improve things like eating, talking, and breathing. We’ll closely monitor your progress during each session to determine the length of treatment and communicate with you every step of the way.
Myofunctional Therapy in Frisco
Training Facial Muscles, Holistically
Myofunctional Therapy: Treated Conditions
Your facial muscles work together to help you breathe, talk, eat, and sleep. Whether you or your child are experiencing difficulty with these essential actions, we can retrain your muscles using myofunctional therapy.
Consultation Required?
Yes
Treatment Length
30 to 60 minutes
Results Duration
Permanent
What It Treats
Tongue Posture, Breathing Issues, Swallowing correction, Snoring, Excessive mouth breathing, Sleep apnea, Teeth alignment, Speech issues
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Myofunctional Therapy
There are many benefits to consider, such as relief from snoring, excessive mouth breathing, and sleep apnea. Myofunctional therapy can also improve teeth alignment, posture, and speech.
When you retrain your muscles to work more functionally, you’ll break old habits and build healthier ones, one exercise at a time.
For children, myofunctional therapy in Frisco can be crucial to guide them to form healthy habits right off the bat. This can help them with balanced facial growth and development.
There is a lot of research that proves the effectiveness of myofunctional therapy. A 2021 review of studies reported strong evidence that it helps reduce sleep apnea, snoring, and even the feelings of daytime sleepiness.
In 2015, a review of studies found myofunctional therapy to decrease obstructive sleep apnea symptoms by approximately 50% in adults and 62% in children.
We love myofunctional therapy because it’s an effective and noninvasive approach that promotes your health naturally and holistically. Patients as young as 6 years old can benefit from myofunctional therapy, and adults can too! It’s never too late to develop habits that promote a healthier you.
Myofunctional therapy is for any individual 6 years and older struggling with essential actions such as breathing, speaking, sleeping, and eating. If you find that you or your child struggle with things like snoring, jaw pain, mouth breathing and more, you may benefit from myofunctional therapy in Frisco.
Schedule a consultation and we can discuss your symptoms and explore whether myofunctional therapy at Natural Focus Dental is the right solution for you.
All successful myofunctional therapy patients will tell you the same thing: continue practicing the exercises you learn during therapy at home. We will map out the treatment plan for you, and it’s vital that you follow it. During therapy, we’ll show you exactly how to perform an exercise that you can then practice daily at home, based on your treatment plan. Together, we’ll retrain your muscles and set you up for positive outcomes!
We introduce exercises that involve your facial muscles in order to strengthen and encourage healthy function. We have a wide range of exercises to suggest during treatment, and we’re experts at tailoring them to your specific needs.
While we’ll evaluate you individually and create a personalized plan to ease your symptoms, some of these exercises might include:
- Tongue touches: During this exercise, you’ll push the tip of your tongue against the bony roof of your mouth and move your tongue backward. You might repeat this 20 times to complete a set.
- Uvula raises: This exercise involves elevating your soft palate and uvula while repeating the vowel “A” for a set amount of times.
There are many possible exercises that we can personalize to your specific needs. If you’d like to learn more about myofunctional therapy in Frisco, reach out to us today!
