It is said that timing is everything. You may have heard of orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT) pop-ping up here and there in the U.S. over the past few decades. In 1978, I ventured into this field eager to learn more about the mouth exercises my son had benefited from as a patient with TMD. I studied the therapy rigorously, attending several courses with Dan Garliner and others who, at the time, were leaders in this field. WhileU.S. institutional interest in the field over the past few decades has waxed and waned for various reasons, earlyOMT specialists have continued to practice, train others, and steadily build awareness through clinical success

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Joy L. Moeller

This article originally appeared in CRANIO: The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice