Myospots

Myospots are small, dissolvable, adhesive pads that adhere easily to the roof of the mouth by gently forcing them with your thumb against the hard palate (2-3 mm behind the two front teeth).

Once adhered, the spot stimulates your tongue involuntarily and unconsciously to elevate and touch it. It acts therefore as a tool to GUIDE and REMIND your tongue. It GUIDES the tongue to the correct spot (where it needs to elevate and rest on the roof of the mouth) and it also REMINDS the tongue to keep elevating until the spot is completely dissolved under the effect of saliva.

Each spot takes 45-50 min to dissolve completely, providing almost 1 hour of extensive tongue exercise with each spot.

Using 2-3 spots every day for 8 to 10 weeks helps in creating a tongue elevation habit that is associated with a lip seal and nasal breathing.

Furthermore, the gentle pressure exerted by the tongue on the surface of the hard palate provides good resistance exercise that results overtime in increasing tongue muscles strength.

This tongue strength is needed to maintain normal swallowing and speech functions and to maintain patent airways while awake and asleep.

The gentle pressure exerted by the tongue while resting on the palate induces the natural expansion of the maxilla, particularly in young children!