Posts Tagged ‘diastema’

Sponge Bob has diastema

Posted by Administrator | Filed under Dental Hygienist, Parents, Therapists, Uncategorized | Jul 28, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments

My daughter said that Sponge Bob must have sucked his thumb…

Myo patient that chronically licked his lips

Posted by Administrator | Filed under Dental Hygienist, Parents, Therapists, Uncategorized | Aug 25, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments

He substitutes lingua alveolar sounds for these three (s/f, z/v, l/w). I worked with him for 45 minutes and during the entire session, he chronically licked his lips.

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