Myobrace® Treatment
Myofunctional Therapy
Myobrace® uses myofunctional therapy to promote healthy oral habits and proper jaw development.
What Is Myobrace®?
The Myobrace System is a preventive pre-orthodontic treatment that focuses on addressing the underlying causes of crooked teeth, possibly without the need for braces or the extraction of teeth, unlocking natural growth and development. Treatment is best suited to children aged 3 to 15 and involves using a series of removable intra-oral appliances that are worn for 1-2 hours each day, plus overnight while sleeping.
What Myobrace® Treatment Does:
How Does It Do This? By Helping the Child:
How It Works
Waiting until all permanent teeth have come through to begin treatment with braces can, unfortunately, lead to irreversible damage affecting not only the teeth, but also the child’s overall health and development. Poor myofunctional habits (poor oral habits) are evident before all permanent teeth are present, which means treatment of the causes can begin much earlier than originally thought. This can be as early as three years of age.
Myobrace® is designed to deal with these incorrect myofunctional habits by teaching children to breathe through their nose, rest the tongue correctly in the roof of the mouth, swallow correctly, and continue widening the jaws so they grow to their full and proper size. This results in sufficient room for the teeth, allowing them to come in naturally straight and possibly without the need for braces.
The Myobrace®System consists of a series of intra-oral appliances that are worn for one hour each day, plus overnight while sleeping. The appliances assist in correcting poor oral habits and expand the arch-form while exerting light forces to align the teeth and jaws. Separate appliances are used depending on the child’s age and type of orthodontic problem. In addition, the patient education program, known as Myobrace®Activities, is used to further correct the myofunctional habits causing the incorrect dental and jaw development. The Activities are to be performed twice daily in conjunction with wearing the Myobrace® appliance and consist of a series of breathing, tongue, swallowing, lip, and cheek exercises. This treatment necessitates a visit at least monthly to have guidance and evaluation by a Myobrace Educator and the doctor.
Infant Trainer™
The INFANT TRAINER™ may prevent the need for orthodontic treatment, such as braces and extractions, as your child grows older. MRC has a series of integrated TRAINERS for mixed and permanent teeth to ensure your child develops correctly as new permanent teeth appear from ages 6 to 12 years.
- Features
The INFANT TRAINER™ has several key features to assist the growth and development of your child:
- The Air Spring allows a gentle, active stimulation to the growing facial and jaw muscles.
- The Tongue Tag actively trains the child to position their tongue and swallow correctly.
- When in place, the Tongue Guard prevents thumb sucking and subsequent tongue thrusting. This breaks a serious habit that causes many dental and jaw joint (TMJ) problems in later life.
Research shows that mouth breathers have less attractive faces than conventional nose breathers. The design of the INFANT TRAINER™ teaches your child to breathe through their nose. The change of breathing patterns has been shown to correct jaw growth and improve general health.
- Convenient Strap-Tether
Young children will use the INFANT TRAINER™ for a short period and then spit it out, just like a dummy. In time, the child will want the INFANT TRAINER™ back as they feel the need to chew again. A convenient quick release strap is provided with each appliance. This strap can be attached to a child’s clothing, and avoids the INFANT TRAINER™ falling to the floor when it is spat out. The child can use the INFANT TRAINER™ at night before sleep, and the convenient strap ensures that it will be easily found in the morning.
More Information
The correct growth and development of your child is just as important as their health and education. Children develop most rapidly between the ages of 2 and 5 years. During this period, 70% of the growth of your child’s face and jaw occurs. Unfortunately, the majority of children do not experience correct facial and jaw development, resulting in unattractive faces and crowded teeth.
Children naturally want to chew objects. This is an important impulse that ensures the jaw receives the exercise it requires to develop correctly. Primitive races turned to hard foods, bones, and raw vegetables to achieve this development. Our children often don’t have access to this kind of stimulus, and as a result, they experience many problems related to the growth of their face and jaws. A child’s instinct is to chew to stimulate jaw growth, but modern diets do not properly cater to this.
Children also develop habits like thumb sucking, incorrect swallowing, and mouth breathing. All of these habits create poor facial growth, a retruded lower jaw, and crowded teeth. The early prevention of these problems is the best way to ensure your child achieves their full potential.
Hygiene
The INFANT TRAINER™ can be sterilized by boiling for 10 minutes if needed. Usually, it is sufficient to rinse with warm water and replace it back in the container provided.
Instructions for Use
Show the INFANT TRAINER™ to the child and allow them to hold the handle. Encourage them to put it into their mouth. Children from ages 2 to 5 years will naturally chew on the INFANT TRAINER™. Allow them to associate the appliance with playtime, and encourage them to keep it in their mouth.
Use for 10-20 minutes twice daily—this is sufficient to have a positive effect on children’s jaw muscles, swallowing, and breathing. It is best to continue daily use during this critical growth stage.
- STEP ONE
Hold the INFANT TRAINER™ with the Tongue Tag side up.
- STEP TWO
Place the INFANT TRAINER™ in the mouth.
- STEP THREE
Keep tongue positioned on the Tongue Tag.
- STEP FOUR
Gently bite down on the INFANT TRAINER™.
- STEP FIVE
Keep lips together and Breathe through nose.
Attach the INFANT TRAINER™ to your child’s shirt via the strap provided.
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