{"id":59,"date":"2016-05-13T15:01:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T15:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.honorfranklin.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2017-05-04T18:29:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T23:29:26","slug":"orofacial-myofunctional-therapy-can-help-orthodontists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honorfranklin.com\/blog\/orofacial-myofunctional-therapy-can-help-orthodontists\/","title":{"rendered":"How Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy can help Orthodontists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honorfranklin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12552524_908197305954387_8539064989439398314_n.jpg\" alt=\"Before and After OMT Photos\" width=\"400\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honorfranklin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12552524_908197305954387_8539064989439398314_n.jpg 633w, https:\/\/www.honorfranklin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12552524_908197305954387_8539064989439398314_n-300x289.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\" tabindex=\"0\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"hasCaption\">These Before and After dental photos are a continuation of posts about one of my patients, Shay Lowe Shull of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mix-and-Match-Mama-399183690127189\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=399183690127189&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\">Mix and Match Mama<\/a>, who shared her experience with orofacial myofunctional therapy at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrHonorFranklin\/?fref=photo\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=613624075411713&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\">Honor Franklin Myofunctional &amp; Speech Clinic<\/a> and orthodontics at <a id=\"js_e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adamsandmcbrideortho\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=595707777213812&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\">Adams &amp; McBride Orthodontics<\/a> in my blog dated 4-19-2016 and showed her excellent results on 5-3-2016.\u00a0 Results like this are another example why I<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">AOM Certified Orofacial Myofunctional Therapists are a necessary part of the orthodontic team in helping orthodontists achieve successful results. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span id=\"fbPhotoSnowliftCaption\" class=\"fbPhotosPhotoCaption\" tabindex=\"0\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\"><span class=\"hasCaption\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">If an Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder (OMD) is not corrected, it can be detrimental to a successful orthodontic result and can be a contributing factor to orthodontic relapse. Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) corrects muscle patterns which can have a powerful impact on tooth alignment and stabilization. Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy does not replace orthodontic treatment. Excellent patients like Shay make Drs Adams and McBride and Dr. Honor Franklin&#8217;s jobs successful. Thank you, Shay!!!!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/tonguethrust\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\">#tonguethrust<\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/orofacialmyology\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\">#orofacialmyology<\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/orofacialmyofunctionaltherapy\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\">#orofacialmyofunctionalthe<wbr \/>rapy<\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/iaom\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\">#IAOM<\/a> <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/internationalassociationoforofacialmyology\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\">#InternationalAssociationo<wbr \/>fOrofacialMyology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dr. Honor Franklin is an IAOM Certified Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist at <a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrHonorFranklin\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=613624075411713\">Honor Franklin Myofunctional &amp; Speech Clinic<\/a> call 972-233-1312 to set a consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These Before and After dental photos are a continuation of posts about one of my patients, Shay Lowe Shull of Mix and Match Mama, who shared her experience with orofacial myofunctional therapy at Honor Franklin Myofunctional &amp; Speech Clinic and orthodontics at Adams &amp; McBride Orthodontics in my blog dated 4-19-2016 and showed her excellent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32,33,10,11,2,3,9,4,6,7,8,16,30,35,34],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bracies","tag-dental","tag-iaom","tag-international-association-of-orofacial-myology","tag-omd","tag-omds","tag-omt","tag-orofacial","tag-orofacial-myofunctional","tag-orofacial-myofunctional-disorder","tag-orofacial-myofunctional-therapy","tag-orofacial-myology","tag-ortho","tag-orthodontic","tag-orthodontics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy can help Orthodontists - Honor Franklin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.honorfranklin.com\/blog\/orofacial-myofunctional-therapy-can-help-orthodontists\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy can help Orthodontists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If an Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder (OMD) is not corrected, it can be detrimental to a successful orthodontic result and can be a contributing factor to orthodontic relapse. 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