My student didn’t wear “sockie” because he didn’t think he needed it anymore.
Monday, 08 February 2016
My student went 9 consecutive days, and the night before his 10th, he didn't wear "sockie" because he didn't think he needed it anymore. Needless to say, he put his hand in his mouth during the night.
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, speech languge pathologist, Therapists
No Comments
Septoplasty and Turbinate Reduction
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
The problem with ENT assessments of airway interference is that most of the time, the physician looks at the anatomy and then presumes about the functions involved.
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, speech languge pathologist, Therapists
Have Orofacial Myology disorders hereditary physical components?
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
OMDs are, most often, habit patterns or adaptations that develop because of specific and abnormal morphological characteristics of the head and neck area, some of which may be inherited.
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, speech languge pathologist, Therapists
Orofacial Myology condition arises “out of the blue”
Tuesday, 01 December 2015
Does a tongue thrust ever just “develop" after a client has been in braces for a period of time? Or it is more likely that the tongue thrust was present but just undetected until a certain time? Or would it depend upon the occlusion and other factors?
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, Parents, speech languge pathologist, Therapists
/r/ Speech problem….or is he tongue tied?
Sunday, 15 November 2015
...it is frustrating when he struggles speaking, and people either do not understand or they plainly laugh at him.
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, speech languge pathologist, Therapists
Using Unplugging The Thumb to stop sucking habit
Friday, 30 October 2015
Mom says she has tried everything and nothing has worked. It is also interesting to note that this same child has significant weakness of the tongue.
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, Parents, speech languge pathologist, Therapists
Kissing tonsils at age 12
Thursday, 15 October 2015
I have a 12 year old with HUGE tonsils and wait for it….a nasty frontal lisp that is really more of a tongue thrust. She’s been to the ENT and they classified her tonsils at a 2 1/2. The other day when I saw her, they were touching her uvula and her speech was terrible.
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, speech languge pathologist, Therapists
Difficulty Habituating Lips Closed Posture
Wednesday, 30 September 2015
I'm asking about whether or not to start therapy because of the difficulty habituating lips closed posture with incisors tipped lingually
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, speech languge pathologist, Therapists
Developmental Delay
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
When I gave him an oral motor assessment he was unable to stick out his tongue and the sides of his tongue would "wing" outward. Recently, he was able to stick out his tongue without the wings when we returned back to school.
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, speech languge pathologist, Therapists
ENT who does not believe ankloglossia has much to do with speech or dental problems
Sunday, 30 August 2015
Well I shouldn't have been surprised but I was not expecting him to say that he does not believe ankloglossia has much to do with speech or dental problems...
- Published in Dental Hygienist, Dentists, Orofacial Myologist, Orthodontist, speech languge pathologist, Therapists