Evaluation Submission Examples and Guidelines
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Please be sure that your flash is turned on for all photos that are submitted.
Videos: You will need a water bottle, glass of water, apple sauce or yogurt and graham crackers
Posture Photos
Please wear form-fitting clothing and refrain from wearing collared shirts, shoes, or socks. Shorts and short-sleeve shirts or tank tops are preferred. Long hair should be securely tied back in a ponytail, and the use of a headband to help keep hair in place is recommended.
Position yourself near a wall. If you do not have assistance with taking the photos, please set your camera's timer.
Submit a minimum of one of each photo (duplicate photos of the position are helpful):
Mouth and Face
My goal here is to gain a more comprehensive understanding of your facial muscles and how they work. I am looking at the muscles from your shoulders, up to your eyes. Please include your full face down to your shoulders in each photo. Submitting more than one photo for each position is recommended.
Relaxed Face
Smile
Clench
Tongue Out
Tongue to top lip
Tongue to lower lip
Can you point your tongue?
Throat
Place your tongue to your top lip, your bottom lip, and side to side.
Tongue Suction to the roof of your mouth
How wide can you open with your tongue tip still touching the spot?
Drink liquid from a clear glass
The arrow points to a location known as “the spot”
Roof of your mouth
How wide can you comfortably open?
Say the letter N, Kah, Dah, Tah, Nah, La
Swallowing and Chewing
multiple angles would be best
Videos
Whistle, wink (both sides), kiss each ear
Tongue to Spot
Up-close of Tongue to Spot
Nostrils
Retraction: If you haven’t received your lip retractors, come back to this one
How wide can you open with your tongue suctioned to the roof of your mouth?
Measure in MM, first molar to first molar
If taking some of these photos on your own feels challenging, we can easily capture them together during a virtual appointment
Fishbowl
Tongue clicks
Chopstick Swallow
Drinking liquid from a water bottle
Drinking liquid through a straw
Use a spoon to eat applesauce or yogurt (2 views)
Please include an additional video of chewing and swallowing graham crackers or Ritz crackers