09/13/2023
There are so many times when I look at a list of symptoms from my clients and I know it could be solved if they were just focusing on breathing properly!
To my fellow airway focused dentists, dental hygienist’s, and myofunctional therapists…
What would you do if you saw a child’s teeth coming in like this?
A referral was sent to an orthodontist who is not airway focused and the report that back was…
“Let’s monitor for 12 months.”
No mention of airway, sleep, myofunctional disorders, speech, etc…
This is why I struggle as a practitioner in an airway focused and prevention model. Because in traditional dental offices, there is no preventative guidance, only a let’s deal with the problem, once the child is older and more structurally compromised.
As a collective where do we go from here?
It’s really hard for me to practice in these 2 worlds at times because it BREAKS MY HEART to see these little people I care about declining. :(