Honor Franklin Myofunctional & Speech Clinic

08/20/2025

Before and after photos taken of a 8 year old male who eliminated a thumbsucking habit during the day and night accompanied by a blanket in 9 months!

08/14/2025

Keeping their lips closed while playing cards in the he HONOR SYSTEM Myo Lip Competence Therapy Program created by Dr. Honor Franklin at Honor Franklin Myofunctional & Speech Clinic concentrating on lip competence and nasal breathing (via the help of an ENT and Allergist on her team) with the patient only doing TWO exercises ONCE a day using ONE therapy tool, the Zickefoose Lip Exerciser-ZLE and NO tongue therapy, NO swallowing therapy and No orthodontic treatment yet. It WORKS!!

Note: OMT never takes the place of orthodontics.





Honor Franklin Zickefoose Lip Exerciser-ZLE

08/12/2025

These two girlies are waving out the summer and wishing everyone a great first day of school!

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08/11/2025

UNPOPULAR OPINION regarding Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy...

One might think the dramatic change in her body posture is due to Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy but it’s not! It’s due to a product one can purchase to improve posture known as Forme Science.

As a Certified Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist with almost 5 decades of experience specializing in OMDs, I do not work on whole body posture. Other myofunctional therapists may choose to work on whole body posture but I do not.

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Honor Franklin

08/07/2025

Many times, the parents of our patients are totally unaware that their child is breathing through his mouth and exhibits a chronic open mouth posture and do not understand or underestimate the significance of mouth breathing and how it relates to the growth of the face and mouth. Some of the signs of mouthbreathing are a lips apart posture, a chin pucker when lips are closed, dry lips, frequent lip licking, snoring, excessive thirst, drooling or labored breathing when asked to nose breathe with the lips closed. The most common cause of mouthbreathing are allergies and/or enlarged tonsils or adenoids which is why all patients of Dr. Honor Franklin at Honor Franklin Myofunctional & Speech Clinic are referred to both an Allergist and ENT on her team to address the CAUSE which are unresolved nasal airway issues before any therapy is ever initiated at her clinic.




Honor Franklin

08/05/2025

We have another GRADUATE!!!

I am so so so proud of this sweet 10 year old girl . It has been such a treat to get to work with her and her family. Thank you so much Dr. Matt McBride at McBride Orthodontics for being such a great team to work with.

Honor Franklin

08/04/2025

This patient is learning a correct closed lip resting posture using the Zickefoose Lip Exerciser-ZLE which is the ONLY lip exerciser Dr Honor Franklin at Honor Franklin Myofunctional & Speech Clinic uses and she teaches how in her online course - The HONOR SYSTEM MYO Lip Competence Therapy Program.

Look how relaxed his lips are reflected.

You can learn more about the course here: https://courses.honorfranklin.com/.../MYO-Lip-Competence.../

Honor Franklin

08/01/2025

Unresolved nasal airway issues are the cause.

It might not be “just a phase.”
Could be an airway issue.

Kids with sleep-disordered breathing often have disrupted sleep —
🛌 That can show up as nightmares.
🚽 And even bedwetting.

Don’t just manage the symptoms.
Check the airway.

07/31/2025

This 10 year old patient is learning a correct closed lip resting posture using the Zickefoose Lip Exerciser-ZLE which is the ONLY lip exerciser Dr Honor Franklin at Honor Franklin Myofunctional & Speech Clinic uses and she teaches how in her online course - The HONOR SYSTEM MYO Lip Competence Therapy Program.
Look how relaxed his lips are reflected.

You can learn more about the course here: https://courses.honorfranklin.com/.../MYO-Lip-Competence.../

Honor Franklin

07/30/2025

Truth… beware of hacks promoted on social media. Lip taping is lunacy and is dangerous!

07/30/2025

I had the SWEETEST visitor today! A former patient that I have not seen since she was 8 years old came back to visit me!! What a treat to catch up on all the things she has been up to since she was a patient of mine. I truly love what I do and I love my patients.

❤️ Honor Franklin

07/29/2025

What a treat to get to see this former patient that is home from College.

Wow she is all grown up now and beautiful.

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