Healthy Habits
Orofacial Myology
Healthy Habits
Orofacial Myology
2204 18th Ave
Suite 228
Longmont, Colorado
720-928-1259
The Role of Myofunctional Therapy in treating sleep-disorded breathing:
The available evidence demonstrates a positive effect of OMT in reducing sleep apnea, as shown by the measurements of PSG and the clinical variables in adults. The evidence is solid for snoring reduction measured objectively with PSG variables or subjectively with scales.
June 2021
Myofunctional Therapy for snoring:
a systematic review and meta-analysis
Oropharyngeal and tongue exercises (myofunctional therapy) have been shown to improve sleep apnea and snoring.
April 2018
Is Mouth breathing and snoring
related to bedwetting?
​Bedwetting--not always what it seems: a sign of sleep-disordered breathing in children
Jan 2003
Improving Breathing in children
reduced Bedwetting
The Effect of Breathing Exercises on the Nocturnal Enuresis in the Children with the Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Nov 2013
Frontal Lobe Size reduced in children
with obstructive sleep disorder.
Associations between frontal lobe structure, parent-reported obstructive sleep disordered breathing and childhood behavior in
the ABCD dataset.
April 2021
Effect of Tongue Thrust Swallowing
on the Position of the Front Teeth
The Effects of Tongue Thrust Swallowing pattern on the dentition
Sept 2009
A roadmap of craniofacial growth modification for children with sleep-disordered breathing:
a multidisciplinary proposal
April 2023
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy & Orthodontics
Effectiveness of orofacial myofunctional therapy in orthodontic patients: A systematic review.
Jul- Aug 2014
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy improves bites in kids with open bites
The effect of orofacial myofunctional treatment in children with anterior open bite and
tongue dysfunction: a pilot study
July 2015
Impact of rapid palatal expansion on the size of adenoids and tonsils in children
Orthodontic treatment in children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids leads to a significant reduction in the size of these tissues and an increase in airway size.
2022 Research