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'Take Off' into Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy and Tethered Oral Tissues
The IAOM eligibility course
4 day course for all health professionals
Bali
21st-24th September 2025
Overview:
- Live in Bali
- Venue: Intercontinental Bali Sanur Resort
- 28 hours CPD
- Inter-disciplinary speakers
- Learn directly from including Dr Dan Hanson (myofunctional dentist and Myofocus Director)
- Learn about integrating bodywork with OMT from Dr Genevieve Keating (neuro-developmental chiropractor)
- All health pros welcome - dentists / OHTs / SLPs / Chiropractors / Osteopaths / Physiotherapists / IBCLCs / Drs / OTs
- Learn OMT and start using it immediately
- Learn about tongue, lip and buccal ties (tethered oral tissues) - Diagnosis, management options, surgical treatment, pre-habilitation and rehabilitation
- Dentists / surgeons will leave able to begin surgery on children and adult age group as soon as you have the equipment - extra mentoring* is recommended if you have little surgical experience.
- Surgical techniques will be shown using video with an *option to attend live surgical clinics in Australia after the course at no extra charge
- Marketing, clinic organisation and logistical aspects will all be shared
- Extra guest speakers include Dr Gin Lim and Dr William Choo. Both of these myofunctional dentists have undertaken the 4 day Myofocus 'Take Off' into OMT course and the 4 day Myofocus mini-residency in Myofunctional Orthodontics and now successfully implement the teachings into the clinical practices. They will share cases and help inspire delegates to put the learning into action
- Fully catered in-person event
- Option to join the post-event retreat which includes: Breathwork, free diving certification (for beginners or experienced divers), swim with turtles and / or manta rays, personal development workshops, yoga, rest and time-out, plus for those on the BreathCoach Mini Residency the Buyteko Breathing Training Mini Residency Practical Session is held during the retreat (90 mins per day)
- Consider bringing your family for a holiday before, during or after the event
- For more information about the IAOM certification process see IAOM CERT
- Accommodation not included
- Discount rates available at the lecture venue. Quote 'Myofocus Event' when booking
Welcome!
Dr Dan has been using Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT) in clinical practice over 15 years.
He has learned the theory and practical aspects from the best OMT educators in the business and has successfully incorporated OMT into busy dental practices and knows how hard it can be to make it work. Dr Dan can provide the solutions to making it work effectively.
What Dan brings to the world of OMT education is direct experience of introducing successful OMT programs into 6 different dental practices, as well as mentoring hundreds of health professionals over many years.
In short, Dan knows what works and what doesn't work and how to implement it into clinical practice.
The Myofocus “Take Off’ algorithms program is easy to follow and highly effective and has been taught in Australia, USA, Japan, and Malaysia. Now it's time for Indonesia.
You will download 180 different treatment plans which correspond to 180 different dysfunction codes. The hard work is done for you.
All you need to do is have the skill to diagnose the dysfunction and learn how to use the algorithm system.
Learn
- how to diagnose orofacial dysfunction
- to perform OMT effectively
- over 70 OMT exercises to use on your patients, filmed in HD
- the ‘Take Off’ algorithm System to generate a pre-written OMT plan to suit the dysfunction
- in-depth breathing physiology and Buteyko theory
- breathing education and breathing training exercises
- comprehensive ‘Tongue and Lip Tie’ diagnosis and treatment planning
- frenectomy surgical techniques
- potential causes and known effects of tongue ties, lip ties and buccal ties. Also known as Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTS).
- how to prepare the patient before and rehabilitate the patient after treatment
- how to work effectively in an inter-disciplinary team and the importance of collaborative care
Course materials to download include:
- 180 pre-written algorithms based OMT prescriptions to match your patient’s current pattern of dysfunction
- descriptions and purpose of 70 OMT exercises
- comprehensive workbook to go with the course
- PDFs of lecture slides
- research papers and comprehensive patient assessment forms
- patient history forms
- clinical notes templates
- consent forms
Educational tools will include:
- lecture slides
- workbooks
- live demonstrations / workshops
- videography
IAOM eligibility – become a certified OMT (COMT)
- this 28-hour course is eligible for IAOM Active membership and certification enrolment
- complete this course then apply to become a Certified Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist (COMT) with the IAOM
- you may still practice OMT prior to becoming a COMT and becoming a COMT is an option for you – simply use the certificate we provide to you after the course when you apply to the IAOM. For more information about this process see IAOM CERT
Professional Development
- 28 hours
- Certificate provided
Access to course materials will be available within 1 week prior to the live course.
Myofocus History and Disclosure Statement
‘Myofocus' and its logo are registered trademarks in Australia since 2017 and has current pending trademarks in Japan. The name ‘Orofacial Myofunctional Take Off Program’ was trademarked in Australia in 2018 after it was created by Myofocus Australia Pty Ltd. Dr Dan Hanson is a completely independent lecturer, independent from all of the following: Myofunctional Research Company (MRC), Myobrace, Myobrace Pre-orthodontics Centres, Myo Australia, and MyoMunchee.
Dr Dan Hanson is BreathCoach founder, inventor of SleepYstrip mouth tape, and co-founder of Tongue Tie Institute.
