Habit Elimination Therapy
Habit elimination therapy helps children break patterns such as thumb-sucking, nail-biting, or prolonged pacifier use. These habits can interfere with proper dental development, speech, and facial growth if left unaddressed. Therapy provides gentle, supportive strategies that guide children toward healthier oral habits, promoting long-term benefits for their teeth, jaws, and overall well-being.
These habits may also involve:
Early intervention could negate the need for expensive and painful orthodontic procedures in the future.
Why is this important?
When oral habits aren’t corrected, they can affect how the teeth come in and even cause the roof of the mouth to develop a higher, vaulted shape. The palate naturally depends on the gentle, consistent pressure of the tongue resting against it. When this need isn’t met, children often seek oral stimulation in other ways, which can lead to unwanted habits over time.
Open Bite
Over Jet
Valuted Palate
Positive Impact
Myofunctional therapy offers a powerful, non-invasive approach to improving overall health by addressing the root causes of oral and facial muscle dysfunction. By retraining the muscles of the tongue, lips, and face, this therapy supports proper breathing, swallowing, posture, and sleep. Clients often experience relief from issues such as mouth breathing, snoring, TMJ discomfort, and orthodontic relapse. Beyond these physical benefits, myofunctional therapy can also enhance focus, energy levels, and quality of life-making it a transformative component of whole-body wellness.