Hi, I’m Lori, 

 

I discovered Myofunctional Therapy while working in an office that was transitioning into airway focused dentistry.  When I investigated, I was astonished at how many patients I had seen in my career that had issues that could have been addressed had I had this knowledge.  I had patients who were having gagging issues, sleep apnea, snoring, trouble swallowing and tongue tie issues, etc. Because this was not part of my dental education, I just didn’t have an answer for them. How frustrating!

 

I have been in dentistry, as an Expanded Duty Dental Assistant, a Registered Dental Hygienist and an Oral Clinical Specialist at OralDNALabs (a division of Quest Diagnostics) for 28 years. The mouth/body connection has always been my focus.  My ultimate goal is always to assist my patients in achieving and maintaining health.

 

Myofunctional Therapy hit home in a very personal way for me.  My father suffers from Vascular Dementia.  Which basically means he spent his life not getting enough oxygen to his brain.  He grew up boxing and therefor has not been able to breathe through his nose for most of his life.  He has sleep apnea and has had an extremely hard time wearing his c-pap mask.  Not knowing that breathing through your mouth limits the amount of oxygen your body absorbs prevented us from possibly slowing or stopping this disease.

 

Both my sister and I also have sleep apnea.  We both suffer from tight head and neck musculature and my sister gets severe migraine headaches.  We also are working through these long-term problems and I’m excited that with early therapy I can help prevent these problems for my nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. How exciting!

 

If you have questions, please feel free to contact me at (702)789-0752.  

 

I look forward to working with you and help you to live a longer and healthier life.

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Lori Fagundes

Myofunctinoal Therapist RDH, OMT