Modern research has shown that mouth breathing, incorrect tongue position and swallowing habits cause misaligned teeth and poor jaw development. One of the most important ways to correct this is by keeping the lips together and breathing through the nose. Although the Myobrace® System addresses those habits, most children will need additional exercises to achieve this goal.
The Lip Trainer™ is designed to be used in conjunction with other appliances in the Trainer and Myobrace® and Myosa® Systems. Mouth breathing children cannot close their lips without a lot of strained lip activity which is detrimental to jaw growth. The Lip Trainer™ improves and helps to obtain lip seal, while strengthening and stretching the lower lip muscles to reduce their overactivity when swallowing. The Lip Trainer™ is used to stretch and strengthen the lip muscles, while the Lip Seal Trainer teaches the lips to stay together at all times when not speaking.
APPLIANCE FEATURES
- Ideal Arch Shape perfectly adapts to the orbicularis oris and helps strengthen the muscle when combined with the Strap-Tether.
- Strap-Tether allows patient to pull the appliance in multiple directions and enables individual lip muscle training.
- Lip Bumper provides feedback to the lower lip muscles so that the mentalis muscle does not activate when a patient swallows.
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