About The Face Myologist

Meet Rachel Passarini, RDH, BSDH, OMT

Dedicated to helping women better understand the connection between breathing, sleep, oral function, and how they feel every day.

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Hi, I'm Rachel

I'm a Registered Dental Hygienist and Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist based in Pompano Beach, Florida. My work grew from seeing that oral health does not exist in isolation — how a person breathes, rests their tongue, swallows, sleeps, and uses the muscles of the face and mouth can influence function in ways that are easy to overlook when symptoms are considered separately.

I combine my dental hygiene background with advanced education in orofacial myofunctional therapy to help patients better understand these patterns and build more functional habits. My approach looks at how breathing, oral function, tongue posture, and sleep-related patterns may interact — and how those connections may contribute to the way a person feels day to day.

Based in South Florida, The Face Myologist offers primarily virtual care so support can fit more easily into real life. I believe patients deserve to understand what may be happening in their body, not simply be handed exercises and sent on their way.

If you're tired of managing symptoms without understanding why they keep showing up, I'd love to help you explore the bigger picture.

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How Rachel Works

Looking Beyond the Symptoms

Persistent symptoms rarely tell the whole story. Rachel's approach looks at patterns, function, and how different systems may be interacting rather than focusing on one complaint in isolation.

Breathing

Evaluate breathing patterns and habits that may influence oral function, sleep quality, and daily comfort.

Oral Function

Look at tongue posture, swallowing patterns, facial muscle function, and other oral habits.

Sleep & Recovery

Explore how breathing and oral function may relate to poor-quality sleep, waking unrefreshed, snoring, or ongoing exhaustion.

Personalized Support

Create an individualized plan based on each patient's symptoms, functional patterns, goals, and needs.

When "Everything Looks Fine" But You Still Don't Feel Like Yourself

Feeling exhausted, sleeping poorly, waking with tension, breathing through your mouth, or dealing with persistent oral and facial symptoms can be frustrating — especially when each concern is treated separately.

Rachel's role is to help look at the functional patterns behind those concerns and provide education and therapy where appropriate. The goal is not to chase symptoms one at a time, but to better understand how breathing, tongue posture, muscle function, oral habits, and sleep-related patterns may be connected.

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Why This Work Matters to Me

My path into orofacial myofunctional therapy was shaped by recognizing that the patients I saw in dental hygiene often had patterns and symptoms that extended well beyond the teeth and gums alone. I saw how breathing, sleep, tongue posture, and oral muscle function could be quietly connected to the way people felt every day — and how often those connections went unexplored.

That perspective became the foundation of The Face Myologist: a practice built on the belief that patients deserve to understand what may be happening in their body, not simply be handed exercises and sent on their way. I am personally invested in helping women feel heard, educated, and supported as they explore the functional patterns that may be affecting their breathing, sleep, and overall well-being.

From Rachel

The Exhausted Woman’s Sleep Reset Guide

Rachel wrote this guide for the women she kept meeting who were doing “everything right” and still waking up exhausted. It’s the same pattern-first approach she uses with patients, in a workbook you can use at home.

The four buckets of poor sleep, and which ones fit you
Your airway & mouth-breathing clue map
When a sleep study makes sense
A 7-day Sleep Detective log and 14-day reset

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Ready to Look at the Bigger Picture?

If you are tired of managing symptoms without understanding what may be contributing to them, start with a conversation about your breathing, sleep, oral function, and goals.

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(954) 933-8575 | [email protected] | 2335 E. Atlantic Blvd, Suite 200 Pompano Beach, FL 33062