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What are Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders?

  • Thumb and finger sucking habits

  • A routine habit of resting with the lips apart

  • A forward resting posture of the tongue between or against the teeth

  • Tongue thrust swallow pattern

  • Other harmful oral habits

An Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder (OMD) is dysfunction of the muscles of the face and mouth, specifically the jaw, lips, cheeks, and tongue. As a result, compensations and atypical patterns emerge.

The most commonly noted cause of an orofacial myofunctional disorder is lack of nasal breathing.

Orofacial Myofunctional Assessment

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

  • Tongue and lip ties

  • Enlarged adenoids and tonsils

  • mouth breathing

  • tongue thrust

  • Picky eating

  • Difficulty with straws and cups

  • Poor oral motor skills

  • Bed wetting

  • Teeth grinding and clenching

  • Snoring

  • Speech sounds errors

  • Improper alignment of teeth

  • Crowded teeth

  • Narrow and high hard palate