By Angie Lehman, RDH, COM — originally published in Orofacial Myology News (October 2016; DentistryIQ).
OMT “could really be considered rest posture therapy.” Teeth move under light, constant pressure — not intermittent heavy force. Swallowing totals only about 20 minutes a day; if the tongue rests low and forward the other 23.5 hours, appliances that only block the swallow never fix the real problem.
“We need to teach the muscle where to rest again.”