Lip Trainer Myotalea | Functional Device for Children and Adults | MYOBRACE

Myo-functional Device Lip Trainer

The Lip Trainer is a functional device designed to strengthen the muscles around the mouth (labial muscles) and improve orofacial function. Widely used in dentistry, speech therapy, and myofunctional therapies, the Lip Trainer plays an important role in correcting improper oral habits, improving lip posture, and promoting efficient nasal breathing.

How Does the Lip Trainer Work?

The Lip Trainer uses the resistance offered by the device to strengthen the muscles around the mouth and enhance muscle balance. It is placed between the lips and teeth, where the user performs a series of simple but specific exercises.

By regularly exercising the labial muscles, the Lip Trainer helps correct functional imbalances and promotes improvements in various aspects, such as:

• Lip posture: Teaches the lips to remain closed naturally, contributing to nasal breathing.
• Myo-functional function: Helps in the coordination of facial muscles, chewing, and swallowing.
• Improvement of dental occlusion: In some cases, promotes dental alignment and balance of muscle forces around the mouth.
• Nasal breathing: Trains the muscles to keep the lips closed, encouraging breathing through the nose, which is healthier and more efficient.

Who Can Use the Lip Trainer?

The Lip Trainer is suitable for a wide range of ages and conditions, including:

• Children: Helps correct improper oral habits, such as mouth breathing, thumb sucking, and improper chewing.
• Adults: Benefits those suffering from sleep apnea, lip posture problems, or muscle weakness.
• Orthodontic patients: Complements orthodontic treatments by promoting muscle balance and better lip posture.
• People with speech or swallowing problems: Can be integrated into speech therapy to improve orofacial function.

Benefits of Using the Lip Trainer

• Muscle strengthening: The device helps strengthen the muscles around the mouth, providing greater stability and lip function.
• Improvement of nasal breathing: Teaches the lips to remain closed, reducing mouth breathing and promoting healthier breathing.
• Correction of improper oral habits: Helps eliminate thumb sucking, prolonged pacifier use, and other behaviors that affect facial development.
• Prevention of orthodontic problems: By improving muscle balance, it can prevent dental misalignments caused by unbalanced muscle forces.
• Support in orthodontic and myofunctional treatments: Complements these treatments by stimulating the correct function of facial and mouth muscles.
• Improvement of speech and swallowing: By strengthening the mouth muscles, it improves speech articulation and swallowing efficiency.

How to Use the Lip Trainer?

Using the Lip Trainer is simple but requires consistency to achieve satisfactory results. The device is placed between the lips and teeth, and the user performs exercises prescribed by a professional.

• Duration and frequency: Generally, exercises with the Lip Trainer should be done for 5 to 10 minutes per day, as per professional guidance.
• Basic exercises: Include keeping the lips closed against the device's resistance, performing specific mouth movements, or holding the device for a determined period.
• Professional supervision: It is important that the use of the Lip Trainer is supervised by a dentist, orthodontist, or speech therapist to ensure the exercises are performed correctly.

Therapeutic Indications

The Lip Trainer is widely used to treat or prevent:

• Mouth breathing: A common problem that can lead to changes in facial development and general health issues.
• Open bite: Helps rebalance the muscle forces that contribute to this orthodontic problem.
• Labial muscle weakness: Improves lip function, essential for proper speech, swallowing, and chewing.
• Hypersalivation: Strengthening the lips helps control saliva.
• Speech alterations: Corrects problems caused by improper lip and tongue posture.

Care and Maintenance

• The Lip Trainer device should be cleaned with warm running water whenever the patient removes it from the mouth.
• For deeper cleaning, it is recommended to use Myoclean twice a week. Myoclean™ is the recommended cleaning product for all MRC devices.