Sleep
Nursing
Smile
Esthetics
Breathing
Eating
& Much More
Sleep
Your child’s jaw and mouth structures
can change the way they sleep. It
specifically impacts the way your child
breathes when they sleep. Misaligned
structures play a role in:
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep disordered breathing
- Snoring
- Teeth grinding
- Prolonged bedwetting
- Night terrors
Breathing
Your mouth affects breathing in several ways:
- How your breathe (mouth vs nose)
- Oxygen absorption
- Air filtration
- Throat and lung health
- Heart and brain health
Nursing
The structure of your baby’s mouth
can significantly impact your child’s
ability to breastfeed. Some of those
include:
- Tongue tie
- Lip tie
- High palate
- Oral motor dysfunction
Smile Esthetics
The way that our children breathe and swallow can significantly impact their present and future smiles. Mouth breathing is associated with:
- Tooth crowding
- Excessive gummy smile
- Small jaws
Eating
Dental alignment, jaw position and facial muscles can all change how easy it is for your child to eat. This can cause:
- Picky eating
- Gag reflex
- Choking
- Soft food preference
- Pouching (holding food in cheek)