Honor Franklin Myofunctional & Speech Clinic

09/16/2025

Happy Graduation Day!!!

Help me celebrate this amazing young lady's hard work. Way to go!

Thank you Dr. Dr. Maryam Mojdehi-Barnes at Orthodontist - Dr. Maryam Mojdehi-Barnes DDS, MS, PA for referring this wonderful patient and family to me. I have loved working with them and you & your team!

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09/15/2025

What does tongue sucking look like?

Of all the deleterious sucking habits, eliminating a tongue sucking habit is the most difficult to eliminate but IAOM Certified Orofacial Myofunctional Therapists, Dr Honor Franklin at Honor Frankiln Myofunctional & Speech Clinic has specialized in eliminating deleterious prolonged non-nutritive sucking habits for almost 5 decades and is considered an EXPERT at helping patients eliminate tongue sucking habits.

09/10/2025

How does so much misinformation get started? I agree with what Dr David McIntosh says!

09/10/2025

This is why all of my patients are referred to BOTH an Allergist and ENT before any therapy is ever initiated!

😴 “My child is a great sleeper — they do 12 hours a night!”

That might sound reassuring… but in reality, children who need excessively long sleep often aren’t getting restorative sleep.

💡 When sleep is disrupted by breathing problems, the brain never fully rests. The body tries to make up for it by demanding marathon sleep sessions.

👉 A truly well-rested child wakes refreshed after a normal night’s sleep, not 12+ hours.

If your child needs unusually long sleep to function, it’s worth checking their airway and sleep quality — not just celebrating the quantity.

09/10/2025

Advice to Myofunctional Therapists...

09/04/2025

I can't believe it but Goofy was here...just kidding.

Look at this precious patient keeping her lips closed while playing a board game in the he HONOR SYSTEM Myo Lip Competence Therapy Program created by .honorfranklin 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.

09/02/2025

WOW oh WOW what a gift basket! Thank you so much Goldreich Orthodontics for sending me all these goodies. We just love working with you and your team.

08/26/2025

We have another beautiful Graduate to celebrate!

Help me celebrate this amazing young lady's hard work. Way to go!

Thank you Dr. Wayne Woods for referring this wonderful patient and family to me. I have loved working with them and you & your team!

Wayne Woods Orthodontics

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08/25/2025

This 10 year - 4 month old female presented with an Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder (OMD) characterized by a deleterious tongue sucking habit, a chronic open mouth posture, a recessive cut-off chin, a hyperactive mentalis muscle as well as a bilateral dental openbite.

Since nasal airway issues are the Primary Cause of OMDs, all patients are referred to both an ENT and Allergist on her team who understands OMDs before any Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy is initiated because this clinician never wants to get caught up in treating the EFFECT and ignoring the CAUSE and the Cause of OMDs is nasal airway interference.

This patient needed an Adenoidectomy and had low level allergies to Mesquite tree pollen. Once she was able to achieve a patent nasal airway following the Adenoidectomy and control of her allergies, she was enrolled in a mini-orofacial myofunctional therapy program known as the HONOR SYSTEM MYO Lip Competence Therapy program which was created by Dr. Honor Franklin of Honor Franklin Myofunctional & Speech Clinic based on her almost 5 decades experience of specializing in OMDs which consists of practicing only TWO exercises ONCE a day using ONE therapy tool, the Lip Exerciser-ZLE and patient is not seen twice a week or once a week but is seen at longer intervals (3-4 weeks later) which is more economical for the family -- and IT WORKS! And NO tongue therapy, NO swallowing therapy and NO busy work.

In 12 visits over 16 months, she eliminated the deleterious tongue sucking habit, her dental occlusion improved and notice the spontaneous improvement in her overall facial appearance including the lips and chin especially the recessive cut-off chin in the before profile photo compared to the after profile photo.

NOTE: OMT never takes the place of orthodontics.

I LOVE WHAT I DO! I cannot thank Dr. Jeff Johnson of Woodhill Dental Specialties for referring this patient to me. I love working with Dr. Johnson and his staff.

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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