On this episode of A Tale of Two Hygienists repeat guest, therapist, speaker, mentor, and entrepreneur Sarah Hornsby, RDH joins us in honor of Children’s Dental Health Month to talk about myofunctional intervention in our pediatric patients!
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Interview Starts: 06:45.985
Episode Highlights
- In the media
- Kotlow’s free-tongue measurement grading scale
- Tongue range of motion ratio
- Communicating with parents
- Lifelong childhood conversations
- Therapy options
- You’ve identified a tongue tie: next steps
Quotes
“How many of us have had an opportunity to teach the next generation and promote the profession?”
“Sometimes kids don’t have obvious signs.”
“If weight gain is the only qualifier you are looking at, a lot of babies are going to be ‘fine’.”
“Two tongue tied parents will also likely lead to a tongue tied baby.”
“The parent has to resonate with it or they are not going to do the work.”
“As an individual goes through all stages of growth and development there is a chance for relapse.”
“When you are mouth breathing your body is in a state of fight or flight.”
“Suturing is the modern way to do tongue tie surgery.”
“Suturing is critical to success.”
“What other part of your body would you do surgery on and not close the wound?”
“Everything we see in kids we see in adults, but they are at the age we can make changes.”
“Baby teeth should all have primate spacing, you should be able to fit a dime or nickel between every tooth and we hardly see that anymore.”
Links
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_k_hornsby/
Websites: www.myfaceology.com www.myomentor.com www.sarahkhornsby.com
Breathe Institute: https://www.thebreatheinstitute.com/
Find Sarah on our other episodes! 209, 210, 211, 212 and 258
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