Health Centered Dentistry

10/15/2026

Some autumn afternoons feel like memories before they’ve even ended.

10/12/2026

Tongue position is important!! Myofunctional therapy can help train your tongue muscles to hold in the correct position!

10/09/2026

What Is Myofunctional Therapy?

Myofunctional Therapy is like physical therapy for the muscles of the face, tongue, and mouth. It focuses on:
*Proper tongue posture
*Nasal breathing
*Correct swallowing patterns
*Strengthening oral and facial muscles

Think of it as fitness training for your mouth!

10/07/2026

This is why we added Myofunctional Therapy to our office. Tongue posture is so important!

Where is your child's tongue right now? Go look.

When your child is relaxed, not talking or eating, just sitting there, the whole tongue should be resting up against the roof of the mouth. Lips closed. Breathing through the nose.

Most parents have never checked. Most kids' tongues are resting low.

It seems like such a small thing. But the tongue is one of the strongest forces shaping your child's face.

When it rests up, it presses on the palate all day and helps it grow wide. Room for the teeth. Room for the airway.

When it rests low, the palate narrows, the teeth crowd, the lips fall open and breathing moves to the mouth.

The best time to check is while they're watching TV or reading, when they aren't thinking about it.

If their lips are apart, the tongue is almost certainly down.

The good news: tongue posture can be retrained. 4 minutes, twice a day.

Comment TONGUE and I'll send you my free training on how to check it properly and what to do if it's low.

09/30/2026

Summer Snapshots with Dr. Angie! Dr. Angie and her family enjoyed outdoor time relaxing and enjoying pets, biking and swiming! Kael and Noly kept them hydrated with fresh - squeezed lemonade at a steal of a deal! And of coure....there was some myofunctional therapy fun!

09/29/2026

Mouth breathing shows up on your child's face - you just have to look.

09/24/2026

Summer Snapshots with our Dental Assistant Tina.

Tina's summer was filled with Grandbabies, Convertible Rides and Cabin Life - hard to beat that for a good summer!

09/21/2026

Summer Snapshots with Abbey, our dental assistant and Myofunctional Therapist!

Abbey spent her summer loving on her grandkids and spending time at their family cabin. Can we all give a collective ahhhhhhh for this type of summer!

09/16/2026

Summer Snapshots with Gracia, our hygienist.

Gracia and her family enjoyed celebrating the 4th of July, Eating lots of ice cream at Knokes, family visit with her brother and sister in law from Taiwan and hiking at Willow River State Park.