Pediatric Sleep and Breathing
An estimated nine out of ten children suffer from one or more symptoms related to Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB). – JAOS, Bergersen / Stevens
These children experience a wide range of debilitating SDB- related health disorders, such as:
- ADD/ADHD
- Lower IQ
- Chronic Allergies
- Aggressive Behavior
- Mouth Breathing
- Swollen Adenoids & Tonsils
- Daytime Drowsiness
- Crooked Teeth
- Restless Sleep
- Bedwetting
- Nightmares
- Dark Circles Under the Eyes
- Snoring
- Irritability
- Frequent Headaches
- Arrested Growth
- Low Grades in Math, Science, & Spelling
Many kids with the above health disorders are being “treated” with powerful drugs without evaluating a possible root cause. Our office can evaluate your child and indicate if there are breathing and sleeping issues. Please take the Sleep and Speech Questionnaire for Children to make an initial evaluation of your child.
Treatment Options
At Advanced Dentistry, LLC in Chatham, we offer the following treatments for Pediatric Sleep Disordered Breathing:
The Vivos Method
Dr. Atanase has been trained to provide the Vivos Method; a noninvasive, cost-effective oral appliance that treats dentofacial abnormalities and/or mild-to-moderate OSA and snoring.
Learn More about The Vivos Method
HealthyStart®
Healthy Start not only addresses the root cause of Sleep Disorder Breathing it simultaneously straightens your child’s teeth without braces. Best of all, when treatment begins early, the perfect smiles that the HealthyStart® Appliance System creates are less likely to relapse!
HealthyStart® creates healthier, happier kids who can breathe. Rarely has there ever been a single appliance or system with the power to impact your child’s health in so many positive ways. As a parent, you owe it to your child to give them every chance to succeed.
The HealthyStart® System is an oral appliance therapy that promotes natural growth and development, which addresses the root causes of Sleep Disordered Breathing or SDB. Research has shown that SDB-induced oxygen deprivation is a major contributing factor to childhood health disorders.
The HealthyStart® System has been specifically designed to promote the proper growth and development of the jaw and airway to optimize airflow and promote proper nasal breathing while straightening your child’s teeth. As these areas develop many of the symptoms of Sleep Disordered Breathing disappear. When kids can breathe properly, they can begin to learn, grow, and blossom into their true genetic potential … just as nature intended.
HealthyStart® Appliances are FDA Cleared, BPA, Silicone and Latex Free, ISO Certified, and a Health Canada Class II Medical-Grade Device.
Treatment with the HealthyStart® Appliance System promotes natural growth and development and is safe and effective. HealthyStart® is non-surgical, non-pharmaceutical, pain-free and non-invasive therapy, is soft, comfortable and worn at night (or as directed) to assist parents who struggle with children affected by Sleep-Related Breathing Disorder, a restricted airway and crowded or crooked teeth.