An<unk><unk>  therapist reeducates the movement of muscles including teaching the client how to breathe properly, restore correct swallowing patterns, and establish adequate labial-lingual postures. An interdisciplinary nature of treatment is always desirable to reach functional goals in terms of swallowing, speech, and other aesthetic factors. A team approach has been shown to be effective in correcting<unk> . The teams include an orthodontist, dental hygienist, certified<unk>  myologist, general dentist, otorhinolaryngologist, and a speech-language pathologist. Goals/benefits of therapy # Eliminate mouth breathing and open-mouth posture # Improve nasal breathing patterns # Reinforce and establish a resting posture of the tongue away from the teeth, against the hard palate # Establish appropriate oral, lingual, and facial muscle patterns that promote correct gestures for chewing and eating # Retrain oral, lingual, and facial muscles to facilitate correct resting posture of tongue, lips, and jaw # Establish mature swallowing patterns # Prevent relapses after orthodontic treatment # Improve the relationship between dental arches; reduce open bite and overjet # Maintain overall facial muscle tone needed for chewing, swallowing, and speech # Create an oral environment that creates favorable conditions for the development of dentition # Eliminate dry mouth condition or xerostomia # Improve oral hygiene # Eliminate digit-sucking behaviors to facilitate normal growth of the palatal arch
Orofacial myofunctional disorders
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Nasal septum deviation
Alaryngeal speech
Pressure of speech
Kynect
Facial nerve paralysis
Causes of hearing loss