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Dentistry and Craniofacial Research
ISSN: 2576-392X
October 08-09, 2018
Moscow, Russia
Advanced Dental Care 2018
Page 6
26th International Conference on
Advanced Dental Care
The field of Orofacial Myology has been emerging for more
than forty years. There have been many disciplines that have
attempted to deal with malocclusion and the stability of changes
made by dentistry and orthodontics, but the field of Orofacial
Myology has now begun to be recognized as pivotal with regard
to the need to also change muscle function. The fact that
muscle can remodel bone with properly designed and prescribed
exercises is making a difference in patients of all ages. Orofacial
Myology deals with issues such as mouth breathing due to
allergies, low muscle tone or just habit, tongue thrust, where
teeth can be moved by improper rest postures of the tongue
and lips creating anterior and posterior open bites and cross
bites, thumb, finger and pacifier habits which creat open bites
and cross bites, poor speech production because of low, forward
tongue posture and weak and underdeveloped muscles of the
tongue, forward head posture from an open mouth rest posture,
snoring and sleep apnea as a result of openmouth breathing and
enlarged tonsils and adenoids, all of which produce total body
dysfunctiion. Orofacial myology addresses these behaviors from
an educational perspective, retraining muscles through a series
of exercises designed to change the neural behavior of the client,
adopting sensory motor techniques and involving families and
caregivers to facilitate practice of the exercises. The discussion
will cover a brief history of Orofacial Myology, the changes that
have occurred in the field, before and after photographs showing
the results of therapy and a perspective on where this field is
heading.
Biography
Sandra R Coulson began her careeer as a public school Speech Therapist
(1965). She taught in the Public School District, Tacoma, Washington for
five years, where she was the Chair of a Special Education Department
dealing with children with special needs. She became a US Public Health
Stroke Therapist; worked as itinerant Speech Therapist for Denver Public
Schools; taught personal adjustment courses for the Community College
of Denver and began a private practice in Orofacial Myology specializing in
dental anomolies. She has been a member and leader in several organiza-
tions including: Chairman of the DADE Study Club, a large, Denver-based
organization for the study of temporomandibular joint dysfunction; Board
Member and President of the International Association of Orofacial Myolo-
gy; BoardMember of the National association of Women Business Owners
and the President and Owner of the Coulson Institute of Orofacial Myology.
She is a recognized expert in her field, speaker at international meetings
and teaches courses internationally. She assumed the position of Clinical
Professor of Orofacial Myology for the University of Behavioral Health Sci-
ences in 2017. She is a sought-after speaker in her field and delivers many
commencement addresses.
Roger Price is the Director of Professional Services at The Graduate School
for Behavioral Health Sciences, a registered US University delivering live, in-
teractive online Certification and Degrees in the fields of Orofacial Myology
and Breathing Behavior Analysis. The University also offers a Masters De-
gree in Applied Breathing Sciences -as many chronic health disorders have
their origins in dysfunctional behavior patterns created over time - resulting
in symptoms and deficits. Roger Price is amuch sought after speaker, both
locally as well as internationally and is the recipient of the 2016 Interna-
tional Functionality Association Lifetime Award for his contribution to Form
and Function. His presentations are entertaining, educational, sprinkled
with anecdotes and humor, and are based both on scientific facts and good
old common sense.
Orofacial myology in the
21st century
Sandra R Coulson and Roger Price
Graduate School of Behavioral Health Sciences, USA
Sandra R Coulson et al., Dent Craniofac Res 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2576-392X-C4-010