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Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy –
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by Joy Moeller, BS, RDH, COM
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Author’s Bio
Joy Moeller, BS, RDH, COM, is a Certified Orofacial Myofunctional therapist and a licensed registered dental hygienist. She is currently
an elected member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM) where she is the dental hygiene
liaison. She is currently holding a position at the UCLA Sleep Medicine Mini Residency Program where she will be doing research on the
effects of myofunctional exercises on sleep apnea. She is a former associate professor Indiana University School of Dentistry, and has
been practicing OMT for 30 years. She is an on-going guest lecturer at USC, UCLA, and Cerritos College to ortho, perio, and pedo dental residents and hygiene students. She attended the Myofunctional Therapy Institute in Coral Gables, Florida and the Coulson Institute in Denver,
Colorado. She is currently a founding member of the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy and has taught courses in OMT at USC Davidson
Center (Cont. Ed.), the Guttenberg University in Mainz, Germany, Freiberg University in Freiberg, Germany, Louvain, University in Brussels, Belgium,
and many other locations around the world. She has worked with Children’s Hospital and in public schools as a health educator. She is currently in
the exclusive practice as an orofacial myofunctional therapist in Pacific Palisades, California and Beverly Hills, California. She teaches an IAOM
approved four-day course in orofacial myofunctional therapy with Barbara J. Greene, COM. Contact [email protected].
Disclosure: Joy Moeller declares that neither she nor any member of her family have a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this continuing dental education program, nor does she have a financial interest in any commercial product(s) or service(s) she will discuss in the presentation.
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