• Promoting a lip seal.
• Promoting a palatal tongue rest position.
• Promoting a posterior, tooth together swallow.i
• Facilitating bi-lateral chewing and correct drinking.ii
• Keeping hands and objectives away from the face.
• Facilitating nasal breathing.
• Developing a harmonious peri-oral muscle pattern.
• Correcting dysfunctional habit patterns

Myofunctional therapy, also called orofacial myology, is the neuromuscular re-education or re-patterning of the oral and facial muscles. It might include muscle exercises, which create a normal freeway space dimension.iii Therapists are trained to eliminate negative oral habits through behavior modification techniques and promote positive growth patterns. We train people to breathe through their noses if their airways are not compromised, and if the oral breathing is an acquired habit; we teach people how to properly position their tongue at rest; we teach how to chew and swallow correctly, and we emphasize the importance of proper head and neck posture patterns.