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TMJ impacts the jaw joints and muscles. Our personalized treatments aim to alleviate discomfort and enhance jaw function for a better quality of life.

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Airway orthodontics is a specialized branch of orthodontics which focusses on enhancing the airway and treating the malocclusion simultaneously.

A great smile shouldn’t be the only goal for orthodontic treatment. Orthodontic treatment is opportunity for patient to achieve proper airway, improved breathing, improved posture and spine, balanced jaw development, neurological balance, proper muscle function, these all are necessary for whole body wellness.

Currently orthodontic techniques focuses on treating the symptoms, like crooked teeth or smaller upper or lower jaw for this they often extract teeth. In contrast to this Airway orthodontics philosophy is to address and treat the underlying cause , not just the symptoms.

Our bodies are reacting to stresses caused by our modern diets, lifestyle and industrial environment. These adaptive responses have a genetic component and that is why families still share similar appearances. Crooked teeth and misaligned jaws are signs of significant issues that our brain and body are trying to cope with. If we evaluate and eliminate deficiencies during the developmental years then we can change these genetical features running in families and can help develop teeth in most ideal manner.

CONSTRICTED AIRWAY : Reason for future TMJ problem

Proper positioned tongue is actual physical scaffolding for wider upper jaw and well aligned teeth. When there is alteration in position of tongue then upper jaw narrows or collapses leading to crowding and this in turn affects position or size of lower jaw. Bones of face are interconnected to each other. Poor development of one bone has domino effect on other bone and structures. Our palate (roof of mouth) is also floor of nose. Narrow palate cases due to mouth breathing, directly affect, shape, size and space of nasal cavity. Constricted nasal cavities make breathing through nose even more difficult and to compensate this patient tries to change posture. The altered position of lower jaw strains the muscles and further causes TMD associated with headaches, neck and shoulder pain.

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Airway Orthodontics Over Traditional Orthodontics

Traditional orthodontics concentrates on teeth alignment and  extracts  teeth to gain space for alignment and to correct crowding. Which is one of the reason of Temporomandibular disorders TMD in future. However, Airway orthodontics focuses on function and elimination of root cause of problem.

Airway orthodontics focuses on :

  • Protecting &enlarging size of airway which further prevent any harm to TMJ.
  • Creating enough space for tongue.
  • Achieving optimum facial balance and aesthetically pleasing facial appearance.
  • Achieving optimum facial balance and aesthetically pleasing facial appearance.
  • Achieving optimum facial balance and aesthetically pleasing facial appearance.
  • Achieving optimum facial balance and aesthetically pleasing facial appearance.

AIRWAY AND TMD

Pranayama, Yoga, Vedic culture all enhances on breathing exercises, as they were aware about importance of nasal breathing. When we breathe through our nose, oxygen gets mixed with nitric oxide and well received by our tissues than when we breathe through our mouth. Our nasal passage and airway is very important in helping nasal breathing. Tongue is a very powerful muscle, when it is positioned properly then it helps in shaping our upper jaw and nasal cavity, also helps in forward growth of upper jaw. But if tongue is tied and positioned low, it promotes mouth breathing and face does not develop forward properly. This reduces size of airway. A undersized airway can lead to sleep disordered breathing, TMD and further chronic health conditions.

NEUROMUSCULAR ORTHODONTICS

TMJ clicking, snoring, sleep apnea, clenching/grinding of teeth, headaches, neck aches, shoulder pain, improper head posture, ringing in ear, severe migraine or tooth pain , they all contribute in causing Temporomandibular Disorder (TMD). Our Neuromuscular Dentist Dr. Manisha who has done her fellowship from ICCMO(USA)is trained in treating TMD. Neuromuscular orthodontics first focuses on treating TMJ disorders successfully. This includes evaluating the root cause of TMD which can be improper bite, constricted airway, nasal obstruction, hyperactive muscles or combined factors. Our neuromuscular dentist first relieves the patients TMJ issues by first deprogramming the muscles and later reprogram those muscles in correct position so thereafter they are not in hyperactive state. For correcting muscles first patient is given special Orthotic customized for him/her. Once TMD symptoms are treated teeth are aligned in that position where muscles are happy.

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Dr. Manisha is the only Neuromuscular Orthodontist in North India. After correcting TMD issues, she aligns the teeth with the help of specially customized brackets and wires. These brackets and wires are pre-programmed to reach the desired position. So that patient is relieved from his TMJ problems and muscles and teeth are in physiological balanced position.

How to identify airway issues

Symptoms which indicates that there is underlying airway issue and which need to be corrected as early as possible as constricted airway and associated problems can  be the cause for heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes and depression.

  • Mouth breathing
  • Frequent infections
  • Long face
  • Crooked teeth
  • Narrow upper palate
  • Lower jaw -short/large
  • Snoring or sleep apnea
  • Grinding / clenching at night
  • Dark circles under the eye
  • ADHD/ hyperactive kid, poor concentration
  • Thumb sucking, tongue thrusting
  • TMJ or jaw joint clicking
  • Frequent headaches/migraines, neck and shoulder pain
  • Tinnitus
  • Increased blood pressure

Benefits of airway orthodontic treatment

When the focus of treatment is airway centric and not only alignment then following advantage we get over conventional orthodontics.

  • Wider upper arch and smile
  • Creates room for correct tongue posture
  • Improved nasal breathing
  • Improved airway
  • Forward development of upper and lower arches
  • Reduces chances of sleep apnea/ TMD
  • Improved body posture

Here in 32 Dental Solutions. We believe in helping our patients to not only look better- Smile wise, BUT make them help, feel better and BREATHE BETTER.For this we focus on holistic treatment which improves their breathing, tongue and body posture, sleep, physical and mental well-being.

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