Myofunctional Therapy for Adults Guide

🧠 What Myofunctional Therapy Does for Adults

Myofunctional therapy (OMT) retrains the oral muscles to function properly, addressing habits that affect breathing, sleep, jaw comfort, and orthodontic stability. Adults often struggle with:

• • Mouth breathing or low tongue posture
• • Jaw clenching or teeth grinding
• • Tongue thrust while swallowing
• • Weak lip seal and facial muscle imbalance

Therapy exercises focus on:

• ✔ Strengthening tongue posture and encouraging nasal breathing
• ✔ Improving chewing, swallowing, and lip seal
• ✔ Aligning jaw muscles to reduce tension
• ✔ Supporting long-term stability of teeth for aligner users

Pro Tip: Correct oral posture early to protect both your bite and aligner results over time.

✨Benefits for Adults Wearing Aligners

Adults using NewSmile clear aligners can gain extra benefits from therapy:

🫁 Improved Breathing & Sleep

Tongue posture and nasal breathing exercises help open the airway, reduce snoring, and support oxygen flow during sleep.

🦷 Protecting Aligner Results

Proper muscle function reduces relapse risk. Therapy corrects tongue thrust, low tongue posture, and weak lip seal, so your teeth stay aligned while wearing aligners discreetly during the day.

• ✔ Tongue posture prevents unwanted pressure on teeth
• ✔ Lip seal strengthens arch stability
• ✔ Balanced muscles maintain the bite achieved by aligners

“I can wear my NewSmile aligners all day without anyone noticing, and my myofunctional exercises help keep my teeth in place.”

💬 Everyday Benefits

• ✔ Reduced jaw tension and headaches
• ✔ More relaxed breathing throughout the day
• ✔ Better tongue control and clearer speech
• ✔ Natural facial posture and confident smile

📋 How Myofunctional Therapy Works

1. Assessment: Evaluates breathing, tongue posture, lip seal, swallowing, and aligner impact
2. Muscle Training: Short daily exercises for tongue, lips, jaw, and facial muscles (5–20 minutes)
3. Progress Check-Ins: Adjust exercises and coordinate with your NewSmile treatment

“Consistency with exercises made wearing my aligners effortless and improved my breathing at night.”

🧩 Who Should Consider Therapy?

• ✔ Mouth breathing or dry mouth
• ✔ Snoring or poor sleep quality
• ✔ Tongue thrust when swallowing
• ✔ Previous orthodontic treatment at risk of relapse
• ✔ Jaw tension, headaches, or neck strain

😁 Aligners + Therapy: Maximum Discretion & Results

NewSmile clear aligners are virtually invisible, letting you straighten teeth without being noticed. Myofunctional therapy strengthens muscles to maintain results and improve nightly comfort.

“My friends didn’t even know I was wearing aligners, and my therapy exercises kept my smile stable and healthy.”

🛠 How NewSmile Aligners Work

1. Smile Assessment: Determines your suitability for aligners
2. At-Home Impression Kit: Order Here
3. Custom Fabrication: Aligners made to fit your teeth
4. At-Home Wear: Consistent wear ensures discreet, effective teeth straightening

Learn more about the process at how NewSmile works.

💰 Pricing & Plans

• Impression Kit – Day Aligners: Order Here
• Impression Kit – Night Aligners: Order Here
• NewSmile Aligners Pricing: View Here
• Day Aligner Plan: Learn More
• Night Aligner Plan: Learn More

🦷 Smile Care Products

• Water Flosser
• Ultrasonic Toothbrush
• Ultimate Smile Care Bundle
• Petal Ultrasonic Cleaner
• Petal Teeth Whitening Light
• Petal Whitening Pens
• Petal Whitening Combo
• Petal Cleaning Pods

“Combining myofunctional therapy, NewSmile aligners, and Petal products made maintaining my smile effortless and effective.”

✔ Lifestyle Tips to Support Oral Health

• • Practice daily tongue and jaw exercises
• • Maintain nasal breathing
• • Avoid excessive gum or hard foods
• • Manage stress effectively
• • Maintain good posture

💭 Final Thoughts

Myofunctional therapy strengthens oral muscles, supports breathing, and enhances comfort with aligners. Combined with NewSmile clear aligners, it provides a discreet and effective path to a healthier, straighter smile.

“I love how I can straighten my teeth invisibly while keeping my oral muscles strong and healthy — the results speak for themselves!”

Find everything you need to maintain your smile at NewSmile Shop.

📚 Citations

• Cleveland Clinic – Myofunctional Therapy Overview
• ASHA – Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
• Camacho et al. – Myofunctional Therapy & Sleep Apnea
• Carrasco-Llatas et al. – Myofunctional Therapy & Airway Function
• Shah et al. – Myofunctional Therapy & Orthodontic Stability