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Airway Expansion Summit, Illinois
Have you wondered why you still wake up exhausted despite getting a full night’s sleep? Or why does your child seem to struggle to focus in school despite your best efforts? The answer might be simpler than you think. Restricted airways silently affect health, energy, and quality of life in ways that traditional healthcare approaches often miss. Fortunately, an airway expansion-focused dentist can help get to the root cause of your breathing issues using personalized treatments, like orthodontics, oral appliances, and therapies.
At Floss & Co., we’re passionate about helping our Summit patients discover the transformative power of better breathing through airway expansion dentistry. Our comprehensive approach moves beyond treating symptoms to address the underlying causes of breathing difficulties that might hold you back from feeling your best every day. With our caring, experienced professionals guiding you every step of the way, you can feel confident and comfortable throughout your treatment.
What’s the Connection Between Oral Health and Breathing?
You may not realize how profoundly breathing affects overall health. When airways are restricted due to structural issues like a narrow palate or recessed jaw, your body compensates in ways that can trigger a surprising range of problems, such as chronic fatigue, morning headaches, difficulty concentrating, or diagnosed sleep disorders like sleep apnea, which affects about 30 million Americans.
Children with airway restrictions often show different signs. Maybe your child breathes through their mouth instead of their nose, snores at night, exhibits behavioral challenges at school, or struggles academically despite being bright. These symptoms are frequently misattributed to other conditions when the real issue might be inadequate oxygen during sleep and throughout the day. Improving the physical structures that affect breathing can help create lasting changes that enhance sleep quality, energy levels, and overall health.
Airway Expansion Treatment to Help You Breathe Better
Our approach to airway expansion combines several effective techniques tailored to your specific needs and cutting-edge technology. After a comprehensive evaluation of your breathing patterns and oral structures, we develop a personalized treatment plan that may include one or more of the following:
Airway-Centered Orthodontic Treatment
Unlike traditional orthodontics, which focuses primarily on straightening teeth, our solutions optimize jaw development and positioning to create better breathing pathways. By expanding dental arches and creating proper space for the tongue with braces, clear aligners, or other appliances, we improve airflow while enhancing your smile’s appearance for boosted confidence.
Palatal Expansion Techniques
If you have a narrow palate, we use specialized appliances to gradually widen the upper jaw. This creates more room for proper tongue positioning and increases the volume of the nasal passages, making breathing significantly easier. For children whose facial structures are still developing, palate expanders can guide proper growth patterns that provide lifelong benefits.
Custom Oral Appliances
These specially designed devices can reposition the jaw during sleep to prevent the tongue and soft tissues from blocking the airway. They offer an effective alternative to CPAP machines if you have sleep apnea or chronic snoring issues.
Myofunctional Therapy
This therapeutic approach helps retrain improper muscle patterns that may contribute to breathing difficulties. Through specific exercises, you can learn to correct dysfunctional breathing patterns, tongue positioning, and swallowing habits that affect airway health.
Benefits of Airway Expansion Beyond Better Breathing
In addition to better breathing, airway expansion-focused dental treatments offer a wide range of benefits for your quality of life and overall health, including the following:
Improved Sleep Quality
Proper airway function leads to deeper, more restorative sleep cycles. This allows you to wake up feeling truly refreshed for the first time in years and requires less sleep to feel fully rested.
Enhanced Daily Energy
With improved oxygen flow during sleep and throughout the day, you’ll have significantly better energy levels, mental clarity, and productivity. That afternoon energy crash you’ve become accustomed to might not be inevitable after all.
Relief from Chronic Symptoms
After addressing airway issues, you can expect reduced chronic symptoms, like headaches, sinus problems, acid reflux, and even blood pressure concerns, improving your overall well-being along with your smile.
Natural Facial Development
Proper airway development supports optimal facial growth patterns, particularly for younger patients. This often results in enhanced facial balance and aesthetics without cosmetic interventions.
Reduced Dependence on Devices and Medications
If you rely on CPAP machines, sleep medications, or other interventions to fall asleep, airway expansion can help reduce your dependence and directly address your concerns.
Why Choose Floss & Co. for Your Airway Expansion Dental Treatment?
We understand the unique challenges you face dealing with breathing issues and low-quality sleep. Therefore, we combine clinical excellence and state-of-the-art technology with a warm, welcoming environment where you and your child feel comfortable.
We take time to listen to your concerns, explain treatment options in clear, everyday language, and develop solutions that fit your specific needs and lifestyle. Our educational approach can help you understand the connection between airway health and overall well-being, so you can make the best decision for you. With our commitment to using the latest advancements in airway dentistry, you can rest assured you’re receiving the most effective care available.
Take the First Step to Better Breathing With Floss & Co.
Living with restricted airways doesn’t have to be your norm. The transformative potential of airway expansion could be the missing piece in your health puzzle, addressing persistent concerns other approaches haven’t fully resolved. At Floss & Co., we’re here to help you breathe better through our unique combination of extensive expertise and gentle care.
Do you want to know more about what optimal breathing could mean for you or your family? Contact us at (773) 586-5522 or fill out our contact form to schedule your consultation and take the first step toward better breathing.