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✅ Myobrace® for Kids
Supporting Healthy Growth, Breathing & Smiles — From the Inside Out
Healthy smiles begin long before braces.
At our practice, we use Myobrace® as part of a myofunctional, airway-focused approach to help children grow with strong facial structure, good breathing habits, and healthy dental arch development.
Myobrace doesn’t “move teeth like braces.”
Instead, it trains the muscles, breathing, and oral habits that shape jaw growth — building a strong foundation for lifelong health.
🧠 Why Do Kids Need Myobrace?
Many dental and facial growth concerns come from underlying habits like:
- Mouth breathing
- Low tongue posture
- Incorrect swallowing
- Poor lip seal
- Poor head and neck posture
These habits can affect:
- Jaw growth & facial development
- Dental arch width & space for teeth
- Airway and breathing function
- Sleep and behavior
Myobrace helps correct these habits early, when growth and development are most responsive.
🦷 What Does Myobrace Do?
Myobrace is a soft, removable appliance (similar to a mouthguard) used as part of myofunctional therapy to:
- Encourage nasal breathing
- Train tongue posture
- Improve swallowing patterns
- Support proper jaw development
- Promote wide, healthy dental arches
- Encourage better sleep & airway function
It’s not about forcing teeth straight — it’s about guiding healthy development so teeth have space to come in naturally.
- Encourage nasal breathing
🌿 Benefits of Myobrace
- Supports nasal breathing & airway health
- Encourages wide arch development
- Improves tongue posture & swallowing
- Helps prevent or lessen future orthodontic crowding
- Can improve sleep quality & behavior
- Builds long-term stability by treating the cause, not just the teeth
Healthy habits = healthy development.
Fixing function first creates the foundation for a stable, beautiful smile.
🤝 Our Approach: Myobrace + Orthodontics When Needed
We don’t use Myobrace as a “replacement for braces.”
Instead, we use it in conjunction with other orthodontic methods when needed to:
- Support ideal jaw and airway development
- Improve facial structure and breathing
- Create space naturally
- Reduce orthodontic relapse risk by correcting habits
- Set children up for the most stable long-term outcome
This combined approach often leads to better airway, better stability, and better smiles than orthodontics alone
👶 Who Is Myobrace For?
Great for children who:
- Mouth breathe or snore
- Have early signs of crowding
- Struggle keeping lips closed
- Have speech or tongue-tie concerns
- Show narrow arches or facial under-development
- Are ages 3–10 and still actively growing
(Myobrace is most effective early — before growth patterns are set.)
📈 How Myobrace Works
4-Phase Growth-Focused Program
- Habit Correction
Tongue posture, nasal breathing, proper swallow - Arch Development
Encourages wide, well-formed arches through proper muscle function - Support Natural Alignment
Teeth erupt into improved space naturally - Stability
Long-term retention supported by corrected habits
🌬️ Why Airway Matters
Healthy breathing shapes healthy faces.
Mouth breathing can influence:
- Jaw growth & facial shape
- Tongue posture
- Dental crowding
- Sleep quality, focus, and behavior
Myobrace supports airway-first development, which supports your child’s whole-body health.
- Jaw growth & facial shape
🌟 Give Your Child the Best Start
Early intervention is one of the greatest gifts you can give your child — supporting:
✅ Healthy breathing
✅ Strong facial development
✅ Stable, healthy smiles
✅ Better sleep & energy
✅ Lifelong wellness foundations
📅 Ready to Learn More?
If you’re curious whether Myobrace is right for your child, we would love to meet you.
👉 Schedule a Myobrace & Airway Assessment
Your child deserves healthy function, a healthy airway, and a confident smile — from the very start.
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