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Shirley Gutkowski, RDH
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Myofunctional Therapist

Shirley GutkowskiRDH · Registered Dental Hygienist & Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist

Starts by figuring out why a habit or breathing pattern is happening.

Episode 12
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The conversation

14 minutes with host Joe Brown. Start anywhere: chapters on the right.

Episode 12: Mouth Breathing, Snoring & Thumb-Sucking: What Parents Should Know, with Shirley Gutkowski, RDHEpisode coming soon
Mouth Breathing, Snoring & Thumb-Sucking: What Parents Should Know
Episode 12 · 14:14 · Episode notes
Chapters
  1. 0:00Is your child's mouth open at night?
  2. 0:53Welcome & meet Shirley
  3. 1:46What to look for in a myofunctional therapist
  4. 3:15What training to ask about
  5. 5:06Myofunctional therapy in plain English
  6. 5:45Form follows function: where the tongue rests
  7. 7:38When snoring is more than an annoyance
  8. 8:55Thumb-sucking and pacifiers
  9. 11:10What parents can check at home
  10. 11:53Your new baby's face
  11. 12:49What Shirley wants you to know
  12. 13:29Wrap-up

For general information, not a substitute for advice from your own doctor.

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How she thinks
about care

Role
Founder, Primal Air in Sun Prairie
Experience
Registered dental hygienist since 1986; for about the last 10 years has helped children and adults breathe through their nose, rest their tongue where it belongs and swallow
Education
Bachelor's in dental hygiene, Marquette University
Training
Trained in orofacial myofunctional therapy
Visits
Sees patients in person in Sun Prairie and through virtual visits
Writing
Co-author of The Purple Guide for dental hygienists; author of More Than a Kissing Spot: Your New Baby's Face

Background from primalair.com.

In her words: "A lot of us are dental hygienists and we have a real passion for prevention."

Summary written by Top Providers from her Episode 12 interview.

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In her words

Verbatim from her Episode 12 interview.

A lot of us are dental hygienists and we have a real passion for prevention.
Shirley Gutkowski, Episode 12
We work with the muscles in the snoring complex. So the lips, the tongue, the back of the throat, the nose.
Shirley Gutkowski, Episode 12
If you snore, you're not sleeping well. If you snore, your bed partner is not sleeping well.
Shirley Gutkowski, Episode 12
First of all, we have to figure out why.
Shirley Gutkowski, Episode 12
That would be a little eyebrow raising moment to get to a tongue tie savvy dentist or ENT.
Shirley Gutkowski, Episode 12
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The practice

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Primal Air

In person and virtual visits

Address
1266 W Main St, Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Practice websiteprimalair.com
Primal Air1266 W Main StSun Prairie, WI 53590
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