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.

It is treatment focused on proper and harmonious facial development. Its primary objective is correcting unfavourable growth pattern of jaws. It helps in developing better facial features and wider airways. It is carried on from young age so that developing kids will have wider arches and equal and forward development of both jaws.

MSE is a non-surgical device for adults who has narrow and high palate, upper and lower jaw discrepancy, breathing issues from nose/mouth breathers, upper airway resistance syndrome(UARS)and sleep apnea. It is a non-surgical, minimally invasive and non-extraction treatment approach in which upper jaw is expanded. This increases jaw size , nasal cavity space and eliminates the need for extraction.

ALF works to improve patients posture and repositions the jaws, dental arches and teeth. It works on principal of cranial osteopathy. It promotes proper swallowing patterns, narrowed upper palate, other issues that can impact development , breathing and posture. In young kids it works of achieving  balanced facial growth.

It gradually, naturally and painlessly stretches the upper arch and increases its volume. This increases the nasal cavity. Short lower jaw moves along with widened upper jaw and pulls tongue along with it, thus increases airway. Bones are remodeled over time and makes functional correction in airway

TENS application on a young patient

Misaligned jaws causes improper bite positioning which is one of the triggering factor to start TMJ disorders as muscles are in hypertrophy. Hypertrophic muscles creates trigger points.

In Neuromuscular functional appliance Dr. Manisha repositions jaws in myotrajectory on which patients jaw wants to grow. Once the muscles are in harmonious relation and teeth are in balanced bite, then both the jaws grow in harmony.