MyoMunchee, Myotalea, Myobrace
Get ready to unlock better breathing, stronger muscles and healthier smiles with the support of innovative oral appliances. The appliances are designed to work with the body’s natural function to improve oral posture, jaw development and overall well-being for children.
Myomunchee
Myomunchee is a unique tool designed to support the development of healthy oral and facial muscles. It is used in the context of oral myofunctional therapy (OMT) to promote correct tongue posture and proper muscle function, especially in cases of tongue thrust, mouth breathing, or misaligned teeth.
Purpose and Benefits:
- Improves Tongue Posture: The Myomunchee helps retrain the tongue to rest in its natural position against the roof of the mouth.
- Promotes Proper Muscle Function: It aids in strengthening the muscles of the mouth, tongue, and jaw.
- Supports Correct Breathing Habits: The Myomunchee helps encourage nasal breathing, which is crucial for optimal health.
- Addresses Malocclusion: It can be a useful adjunct in the treatment of mild malocclusion (misaligned teeth) by promoting proper jaw alignment and muscle function.
- Non-invasive: Myomunchee is a non-invasive tool that is often used as a part of a larger OMT plan.
How It Works:
The Myomunchee is a small, flexible device that is gently chewed on. This action creates resistance that helps strengthen oral muscles and retrain improper tongue and lip habits.
Myotalea
Myotalea is another innovative tool used in oral myofunctional therapy to promote proper tongue posture, improve breathing, and encourage muscle function around the mouth. It is commonly used in conjunction with other therapy methods to help patients achieve optimal orofacial health.
Purpose and Benefits:
- Encourages Proper Tongue Positioning: Myotalea is designed to assist with the correction of tongue thrusting, ensuring that the tongue rests in the correct spot at the roof of the mouth.
- Helps with Jaw Alignment: It supports the correct alignment of the upper and lower jaws by stimulating appropriate muscle movements.
- Promotes Healthy Breathing: It can assist individuals in transitioning from mouth breathing to healthy nasal breathing patterns.
- Useful for Children and Adults: Myotalea is effective for both children and adult dealing with oral functional issues.
How It Works:
Myotalea is typically used by patients to exercise the tongue, lips, and facial muscles. The device encourages resistance-based movements that help strengthen the mouth’s muscles while retraining proper posture and breathing.
Myobrace
Myobrace is an orthodontic device that works in conjunction with oral myofunctional therapy to address the root causes of dental problems, such as malocclusion (misaligned teeth), improper tongue posture, and mouth breathing. Myobrace focuses on both muscle development and the straightening of teeth without the need for traditional braces.
Purpose and Benefits:
- Corrects Poor Oral Habits: Myobrace helps correct poor habits like mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, and incorrect tongue posture.
- Aligns Teeth Without Braces: Myobrace uses a series of removable appliances to gradually shift teeth into alignment without the need for fixed braces.
- Improves Facial and Jaw Muscle Function: It encourages the proper function of the muscles around the mouth and jaw, contributing to healthier growth and development.
- Non-invasive Treatment: The system is designed to be less invasive than traditional orthodontic treatments, reducing the need for prolonged dental procedures or surgeries.
- Supports Overall Health: By promoting nasal breathing and proper tongue posture, Myobrace helps improve overall health, including better sleep and enhanced respiratory function.
How It Works:
Myobrace uses a series of custom-fitted appliances that are worn for several hours each day and during sleep. These devices help train the muscles and jaw to work correctly, while also aligning the teeth. Treatment typically lasts a few months to a few years, depending on the severity of the issue.
Frequently Asked Questions
Orofacial appliances are designed to help retrain the muscles of the mouth and face to
function properly. When used correctly—along with the prescribed exercises—they support
the correction of orofacial dysfunctions.
The appliances themselves do not directly cause the jaws to grow. Instead, it’s the
improvement in muscle function that can positively influence natural jaw development. When
a child still has growth potential, better muscle function often leads to broader, more
balanced jaw growth over time.
The Myomunchee or Myobrace do not usually stay in all night from the very first night. If the
patient has been wearing the Myomunchee or Myobrace while awake routinely daily, along
with practicing the exercises diligently, then the muscles of the mouth and face tend to be
able to function better, resulting in the ability to keep the Myomunchee or Myobrace in the
mouth overnight sooner. Some patients need a few days, and some a few weeks, before the
Myomunchee or Myobrace stays in all night during sleep.
Giving them a good rinse under tap water routinely and/or soaking them in bicarbonate soda
solutions are usually sufficient to maintain their cleanliness. There are also mouthguard
cleanser tablets available at your local supermarket, which may help in removing heavier
stains, should there be any.
