Mouth and tongue tics

[LindaM0827]

What have people found helpful to control tongue click and other mouth tics? Does anyone wear an oral appliance? What works for you?

 

[Chemar]

Welcome to the forum Linda.

My son used a mouth guard for a short while when he had some teeth grinding/snapping tics - but it was more to protect his teeth than to control the tics. Thankfully that form of tic didn't last long.

There are some discussions on this forum from parents who have had success treating TMJ with specialized mouthpieces- and found it relieved some tics - but I don't know if that would be relevant to what you are asking about?

[MLee]

CBIT can help with vocal tics. You can find an OT that teaches a competing response.  

[Chemar]

Hi MLee

I agree that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy was very beneficial for my son in many respects, especially with vocal substitutes etc

But some of the "mouth tics" can also be involuntary motor tics - which is a little harder to apply those principles of CBT to I think?

[MLee]

Oh right, I agree. 

[MLee]

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Edited July 29, 2022 by MLee