What is Airway Orthodontics?

Integrative Orthodontics Is a complex practice philosophy where we look at the entirety of your health – not just your teeth. Sometimes referred to as “airway focused” orthodontics, we take it a step further.

A growing mountain of scientific evidence says that there are no genes for crooked teeth. Our bodies are reacting to stressors caused by our modern diets, our lifestyles, and from our “industrial” environment. These adaptive responses have a genetic component to them, which is why families still share similar appearances. 

Crooked teeth and misaligned jaws are signs of significant issues that our brain and bodies are attempting to cope with.

Benefits of Airway Orthodontics

Prevention

Helps to prevent deficient (or sometimes excess) facial growth, disturbed sleep and crooked teeth, if started early, by restoring airways, balancing facial structural growth, and restoring normal functional patterns. These issues affect the entire body and can even disturb normal cognitive development.

Health

We just don’t treat the symptoms, we look for the cause of your child’s problems and treat them effectively. Head postures are automatically altered in order to open inadequate airways, this changes entire body postures, in order to maintain balance. These can’t return to normal until airways are structurally improved. We do that non-surgically, using gentle orthodontic techniques.

Facial Growth

The shape of the face affects our appearance, our teeth, and our breathing passages, day and night. We influence and change facial growth from the beginning, so children receive health and aesthetic benefits for life. These changes can also be made in adults.

Integrative

Using varied “in house” and referred healthcare providers, we address multiple aspects of good health. These include tongue posture, breathing, eating, body posture, airways, and sleep. We create beautiful smiles AND more balanced attractive faces.

Symptoms We Treat

Consequences of NOT Treating

  • Crooked teeth
  • Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Mouth Breathing
  • Forward Head Posture
  • Pseudo or misdiagnosed ADHD
  • Orthodontic Relapse cases
  • Abnormal facial growth/development
  • Tongue Ties
  • “I just don’t like my smile”
  • TMJ issues not resolved with appliances
  • ADHD like symptoms
  • Increasing tooth crowding
  • Scoliosis
  • Chronic Pain issues
  • Anxiety or Depression
  • Abnormal facial growth and deformity
  • Periodontal disease
  • Loss of ability to chew correctly
  • Increased pain of face, jaw or neck
  • Poor nasal breathing
  • Asthma

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San Jose Dentist Dr. Miles Guyton

Use Your Cell Phone To Start The Process

We are now offering complimentary virtual consultations for local patients.
You can meet with our staff and doctors from the comfort of your home.

Please follow these steps and show as much teeth as possible in the photos:

  • Smile and take a selfie with your teeth together.
  • Take a photo of your profile with your teeth together
  • Take a close up photo of your teeth while biting on your back teeth. Take this same photo from the left and from the right
  • Lean back and take a photo of your top teeth
  • Lean forward and take a photo of your bottom teeth

 

Please text these photos to 408-667-1257 along with your contact information. Your initial examination with us is always complimentary. During the initial consultation, we will review your photographs and discuss your specific treatment needs. Please expect to spend at least an hour with your doctor and our team so that we can review your proposed treatment plan, timeline, and financial commitment.

*Please note that texts, emails, and Facebook may not be 100% secure, based on your carrier, phone type, and email service. By submitting this information, you consent to use these types of communications.

Use Our Online Form To Start The Process

The first step towards accessing our services is to schedule an appointment. Please contact our office by phone or complete the appointment request form below. Our scheduling coordinator will contact you to confirm your appointment. A beautiful, healthy smile awaits you.

Please do not use this form to cancel or change an existing appointment.

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Schedule Your Free Assessment for Airway Orthodontics At Smiles By Miles

If you or your child demonstrate any of the symptoms listed above, we invite you to schedule a complimentary exam and consultation with San Jose Dentist Dr. Guyton, our Airway Orthodontics expert in San Jose. During your free, no-obligation assessment, San Jose Dentist Dr. Guyton will clearly explain her findings to you and will fully answer all your questions.

To request your free Airway Orthodontic Assessment, call 408-248-1467 or click here. We look forward to putting you on the path to a lifetime of healthy breathing!

Smiles By Miles • San Jose Dentist Dr. Miles Guyton Proudly Provides Airway Orthodontic Services To Patients In
San Jose, Cupertino, Saratoga, Campbell and Santa Clara.

To request your free Airway Orthodontic Assessment, call 408-248-1467 or click here.
We look forward to putting you on the path to a lifetime of healthy breathing!

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