SPEECH THERAPY SERVICEs IN FLORENCE

At Baldi Dental Practice, you can undergo speech therapy treatments. The interaction between speech therapy and orthodontics is often necessary to diagnose some disorders that require a double therapeutic approach. This would be the case for lingual, phonetic and oral dysfunctions, and high-arched palates, which can incorrectly alter how the muscles in the mouth work which results in unbalanced jaw growth and bad teeth occlusion. We need to analyse how the muscles of the mouth and tongue work along with respiratory functions as these are all necessary for swallowing, breathing and phonation to happen physiologically. The gradual transition from sucking to swallowing in adults is therefore crucial. If the tongue has a low position (due to oral breathing, short frenulum or gastric difficulties and reflux) or if it encounters an obstacle (interposition of the lip, pacifier, bottle, finger sucking) it will make the jaw grow incorrectly, and the teeth may be in the wrong position and may change the teeth intercuspation and chewing function resulting in having crooked teeth or a poor bite.

Dental, skeletal and neuromuscular systems need re-balancing with procedures being carried out based on the patient's needs.