The Healthy Start Sleep disorder breathing program seeks to help children develop teeth and jaw structures

Hilliard Cosmetic dentist Mark Levy, D.D.S. specializes in a wide range of cosmetic dentistry techniques. At his practice, located in Hilliard, near Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Levy provides an array of cosmetic dentistry procedures, such as Americas-best-dentist porcelain veneers, headache therapy, sleep apnea, dental implants and more.
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that will result in better breathing at night and beautiful teeth. That’s a tall order you may say, but how do you know if your child has breathing problems at night. Don’t all children breathe funny when they sleep? Actually, no they don’t.

Children who have teeth that are coming in normally, jaws that are aligned properly, and no problems with their nasal cavities, such as a deviated septum, do not have breathing problems. They breathe silently and through their nose with their mouth closed. If your child breathes with an open mouth and snores or snorts during the night, he or she may be a candidate for the Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing system.

Why Does My Child Snore?

A variety of things can be responsible for your child snoring. Snoring in a child is not always a bad thing or a reason to worry. Sometimes your child is just sleeping in a bad position or may have a stuffed-up nose. However, if your child snores a lot, doesn’t have signs of seasonal allergies, and your child isn’t overweight, then your child may have a different problem.

The Healthy Start Sleep Disorder Breathing System is a program that is instituted by your dentist. This is because sleep disorders are typically a result of problems with the palate and the soft tissue in the back of your throat.

Your teeth and jaw structure, as well as your tongue, have a profound effect on your ability to breathe correctly. If your child’s teeth or jaw are misaligned, it affects the placement of the tongue in the mouth, which in turn, affects your child’s airway and how much it opens. This could be the source of the snoring that you hear at night.

The Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing system can help if this is the problem. It is a non-invasive system that ensures your child’s teeth grow in correctly, with a jaw that is aligned properly. This opens the oral cavity and improves the air flow.

What Does the Healthy Start Sleep Disorder Breathing System Involve?

The Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing system works by using dental appliances through the major stages of our child’s growth. In the first stage, they are given an appliance to wear that is similar to a pacifier. The Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing system appliance is BPA, Latex and Silicone free. It is also FDA approved.

Your child wears the pacifier-like appliance at night. The first appliance is a habit-corrector. At night, it improves your child’s unhealthy oral habits that can be damaging to his or her overall and oral health. This phase lasts until the bad habits are corrected, which usually takes one to five months. You should see a reduction of the snoring during this time, thanks to the Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing program.

As your child’s teeth begin to come in, phase two begins. The Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing system is customized and fitted specifically for your child’s teeth. This appliance is also worn at night. As your child’s teeth come in, the appliance guides the teeth into their proper places and corrects any jaw placement problems. The Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing appliance also expands the arches within your child’s mouth to ensure there is enough room for their adult teeth. This phase lasts for three to six months on average, and leads to phase three.

Phase three is the final phase and it begins when your child has at least four permanent teeth. The appliance for this phase is customized to accommodate erupting adult teeth. During this phase of the Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing program, your child’s gum tissue fibers are beginning to attach the teeth into the mouth. The Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing appliance protects your teeth by ensuring that they erupt into their proper positions. If you are near Columbus, Ohio and want further information regarding this treatment regimen, call Mark Levy, DDS at (614) 777-7350.

How Do I Know If My Child Needs This?

Columbus, Ohio dentists, like Mark Levy, DDS that are trained in the Healthy start sleep disorder breathing system, will have you complete a questionnaire that asks questions that indicate a sleep disorder. They are simple questions about things like snoring, mouth breathing, throat infections, teeth grinding, fidgeting, hyperactivity, and more. These behaviors can be a result of a sleep breathing disorder and positive answers would indicate that your child is a candidate for the Healthy start sleep disorder breathing system.

A side benefit to the Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing program is that many behaviors that are a result of the inability to breathe correctly at night will disappear. You may notice that your child either doesn’t snore as frequently or has stopped snoring altogether. This will give your child a healthy start.

Anyone that wants to see if their child could benefit from the Healthy Start sleep disorder breathing program, should contact Dr. Mark Levy, DDS at (614)777-7350. He can help examine your child’s mouth and get the process started for children that are prime candidates.