Myofunctional orthodontics focuses on treating the causes of airway dysfunction and poor myofunctional habits to prevent or resolve the occurrence of malocclusion and incorrect jaw growth. This results in improved overall health and can often avoid invasive and expensive treatments later in life.

The pernicious rise of severe airway dysfunction in the general population has prompted the medical and dental community to review the effectiveness of current interventions. Modern solutions, which are symptom based, have shown to be inadequate in addressing this issue and attention is turning to instead look at causative factors.

Myofunctional therapy is an effective intervention for a variety of conditions, however, it has been riddled with issues of poor compliance. Appliances have been shown to improve patient comprehension and efficacy of myofunctional therapy and practitioners are increasingly utilising these benefits to achieve better clinical outcomes.