Interested in how airway dentistry works? It sits in the realm between oral health, breathing, jaw development, facial growth and sleep.
While other medical conditions might be causing underlying issues in this area, as dentists, we screen for signs and symptoms and identify whether your oral structures, bite, tongue posture or jaw development may be contributing.
If dental or oral function factors are contributing to your symptoms, airway dentistry can combine a range of dental treatments, like orthodontics, to promote:
Traditional dentistry focuses on the teeth and gums. Airway dentistry, instead, addresses how your oral structures affect breathing and sleep.
Correcting these habits and symptoms now, especially in children, supports correct facial growth and prevents complex orthodontic issues later.
For adults, treatment options can protect your smile and make a drastic improvement in daily life. If the above symptoms feel familiar, book an airway-focused dental assessment to identify whether your breathing and oral function are connected.
Treatment solutions are available for both children, teens and adults. While adult jaws don’t grow the same way as a child’s, we can still make improvements and remodel the bone with the right approach to improve your condition.
MyoDental’s approach is to avoid extractions and headgear and instead to support better breathing by opening space, improve facial support by encouraging forward jaw growth, and get the bone and muscles working together to avoid relapse.
MyoBraces guide healthy jaw development, improve oral habits and create space for the teeth to come through naturally, available from £2,800.
Myofunctional therapy is a workout for your tongue, lips and jaw. It builds muscle memory to keep your teeth in their natural positions and opens your airways.
Straight teeth are just one piece of the puzzle. Airway orthodontics goes beyond the traditional by addressing limited space, which can cause the jaw to be too narrow or not forward enough, not just misalignment.
We understand that breathing powers everything and that the consequences of avoiding treatment are serious.
For example, adults suffering SDB are 140% more likely to develop cardiovascular disease and 60%* more likely to have a stroke. In children, they have a higher chance of developing behavioural issues that present as ADHD**.
That’s why our dentists look at the whole picture, treat the root cause and not just the symptoms, and do not rest until you do.
*Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease: cross-sectional results of the Sleep Heart Health Study. Read. **This finding comes from the largest study ever of paediatric sleep-disordered breathing patients – 11,000 kids in the UK. Read.
