Myofunctional therapy is a personalized program that focuses on the muscles and functions of the mouth, face, and jaw. Therapy works on areas such as tongue and lip posture, nasal breathing, swallowing, chewing, and other oral habits to help establish healthier functional patterns.

Myofunctional therapy can be helpful for both children and adults experiencing functional concerns involving breathing, oral posture, swallowing, or oral habits.

A consultation is the best way to determine whether myofunctional therapy may be appropriate for you or your child.

One of the goals of therapy is to establish nasal breathing as the primary breathing pattern. Therapy may address the oral and muscular patterns that contribute to dysfunctional breathing, while underlying airway or nasal issues may require evaluation by another healthcare professional.

Every person is different. The length of therapy depends on the individual's needs, goals, age, and consistency with home exercises.

During your consultation, we can discuss what a potential treatment plan may look like for you or your child.

Typically, we meet once a week or every other week.

You will need to commit to performing exercises for about 5 minutes, twice a day.

Myofunctional therapy should be used before and after a lingual or labial frenectomy to help prepare the muscles and support functional retraining afterward.

If you're considering a frenectomy, we can discuss where myofunctional therapy fits into your care plan.

Texas Myofunctional Therapy is a fee for service practice and cannot bill insurance.