Airway Orthodontics at Reichheld Ting Orthodontics
What is Airway Orthodontics?
Airway orthodontics, also known as integrative orthodontics, focuses on evaluating and improving overall health, not just straightening teeth. This approach addresses how modern lifestyles, diets, and environmental factors impact facial growth and airway development. By correcting these issues, we can enhance facial structure, improve breathing, and ensure proper teeth alignment.
At RTO, we screen all of our patients for potential airway and sleep issues during their initial consultation.
Benefits of Airway Orthodontics
Prevention: Early intervention helps prevent deficient facial growth, disturbed sleep, and misaligned teeth. By restoring airways and balancing facial growth, we support healthy development and cognitive function.
Health: We address the root causes of your child's problems, such as improper head posture and body alignment due to inadequate airways. Using non-surgical, gentle orthodontic techniques, such as expansion, we improve airways to restore normal function.
Facial Growth: The shape of the face influences appearance, dental health, and breathing. By guiding facial growth from an early age, we provide lifelong health and aesthetic benefits. These changes are also possible in adults, but may require more invasive interventions.
Integrative Approach: Collaborating with various healthcare providers, we address multiple aspects of health, including tongue posture, breathing, eating habits, body posture, and sleep. This holistic approach ensures beautiful smiles and balanced facial development.
Symptoms We evaluate
- Crooked teeth
- Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
- Mouth breathing
- Forward head posture
- Misdiagnosed ADHD
- Orthodontic relapse
- Abnormal facial growth
- Tongue ties
- TMJ issues
- Dissatisfaction with smile aesthetics
Why Choose Airway Orthodontics Over Traditional Orthodontics?
Airway orthodontics goes beyond achieving a great smile. We focus on overall health, proper breathing, posture, and neurological balance. Traditional orthodontics often overlook these crucial aspects, focusing solely on straightening teeth.
Airway Orthodontics for Adults
Adults may think their options are limited, but our techniques can correct skeletal and airway deficiencies even after growth has stopped. We use gentle forces to enhance facial aesthetics and improve smiles. Options like clear braces or Invisalign are available for less complex cases.
Airway Orthodontics for Children
For children, airway-focused orthodontics can prevent snoring and sleep apnea. Early treatment when facial and airway development is most active, offers the best results. Our treatments, many times combined with myofunctional training and ENT evaluation, promote proper breathing and facial growth.
Start Your Journey to Better Health and a Beautiful Smile
At Reichheld Ting Orthodontics, we are committed to improving your overall health and achieving a beautiful smile through airway orthodontics. Schedule a free consultation to learn how our integrative approach can benefit you or your child.
Contact Us
Locations: Acton Office, Billerica Office, Lowell Office, or Westford Office. Visit our website to learn more about airway orthodontics and to schedule your free consultation today.
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