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Facial DEVELOPMENT
Importance of
Facial Development
Facial development is impacted by many factors, including genetics and environment. Many dental issues are a result of common daily issues like poor diet, poor posture, and lack of nasal breathing. How your jaw grows and develops impacts the aesthetics of your face, your joint development, and airway development. All these factors affect your likelihood of needed orthodontic treatment, TMD, and sleep apnea disorders. We want to guide your facial development to its healthiest, most beautiful smile.
Orthodontic treatments
Taking a functional approach, we treat both children and adults. Our treatments guide the development of the upper and lower jaws to make room for the teeth and eliminate the need for extraction of permanent teeth. Functional jaw repositioning appliances are also used to move the lower jaw forward when there is a receding lower jaw or jaw joint indicating TMJ issues. These results are achieved through traditional braces, Invisalign®, and mouthguards. You deserve a beautiful pain-free smile.
MyofunctionalTherapy
Myofunctional Therapy is physical therapy focused on the muscles of the jaw, face, and tongue. Not only can it be used to guide proper facial and jaw development, but it is also helpful for sleep apnea. Our team of trained Myofunctional Therapists seek to help establish nasal breathing, create a proper lip seal, promote proper tongue posture, and produce correct swallowing.
Tongue-ties& Lip-ties
Lip and tongue-ties can restrict jaw growth and prevent proper tongue function, leading to a potential increase of TMD and sleep apnea. A frenectomy releases tongue-ties and lip-ties to restore proper function. We treat all ages (newborns to adults) with the latest in CO2 laser technology, the DEKA laser, providing frenectomies with very little discomfort and no bleeding.
TMDTreatment
Jaw tenderness or pain? Chronic headaches or migraines? Pain while biting or chewing? These can be symptoms of TMJ disorder (TMD). Let us guide you to a pain free life change.
Learn Morewhat is
Sleep Apnea?
Do you wake up with a headache? Do you have a child with ADHD? Do you experience mood changes? These could all be symptoms of impaired breathing. Your breathing affects many more systems in your body then you may realize. One in ten people suffer from sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea is the most common and is caused by a blockage of the airway resulting in a severe drop in blood oxygen levels throughout the night. It has been linked to medical conditions such as hypertension, anxiety, obesity, diabetes, asthma, depression, and many more.
Common Symptoms Include:
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Loud snoring
- Observed episodes of stopped breathing during sleep
- Abrupt awakening accompanied by gasping or choking
- Awakening with a dry mouth or sore throat
- Morning headache or morning fog
- Difficulty concentrating during the day
- Experiencing mood changes such as depression or irritability
- High blood pressure
- Nighttime sweating
- Decreased libido
sleep apnea
Solutions
We offer oral appliance therapy to improve sleep apnea symptoms. This therapy involves a custom mouthpiece we create for you to wear while you’re sleeping each night. This will allow you to breathe normally without long pauses and get the quality sleep you need. If used regularly, you should see your quality of life improve due to your increased sleep quality.
Connect WITH US
We look forward to meeting you. Call (772) 463-4026 or request an appointment online to set up your first visit. We’ll be in touch soon.
