Natural Awakenings Coastal Carolinas - March 2023

Cortez recommends parents of a
child with potential issues consult an
airway-centered mouth doctor, citing “how
important early intervention is. It’s gentler
on a child and can set the child for success
in regards of his/her craniofacial growth.
Also, dentistry can influence the airway. A
bigger airway is always better. The bigger
the airway, the less chance a child and adult
to have sleep disordered breathing or sleep
apnea.”
She suggests a multidisciplinary approach,
possibly including a chiropractor,
speech language pathologist, a myofunctional
therapist, physical therapist, ENT (for
tonsils and adenoids) or a sleep physician if
sleep apnea is suspected, and other potential
early orthodontic intervention measures.
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Dr. Casey Jones, owner
of Sleep Wellness
Wilmington (SleepWellness
Wilmington.com), says, “I
see myself as an oral health
and wellness physician, rather
than a dentist, because
what I do involves so much more than just
the teeth. I specialize in sleep wellness which
includes airway dentistry, because one of my
gifts is being able to see the whole picture.”
She shares, “I use my years of experience,
curiosity as a life long-learner and network of
providers through the local Wellness Collaboration
I created to help my patients get to the
root cause of their sleep issues because everything
is connected; it is never one thing and
everyone deserves to be able to be met where
they are on their path to whole person health;
inspired and empowered to take ownership of
their direction moving forward.”
Jones explains, “I have always believed
that oral health is part of your overall
health, and now I believe that breath is what
connects it all, which is what drove me to
establish Sleep Wellness Wilmington and the
Wellness Collaboration. Helping children
grow into healthy adults is so exciting, but
not everyone had the benefit of what we
know now. The good news is that there is
still hope! Treatment plans are individualized,
and may include sleep appliances,
myofunctional appliances, expansion,
orthodontics and collaboration with other
providers.” Myofunctional therapy and
breath re-training are part of these treatments
because dysfunctional habits are
often at the root cause of the issue and help
improve their efficacy.
“Establishing functional, nasal breathing
is a non-surgical approach that has the potential
to improve sleep, increase resiliency
and even promote healthy airway growth in
children,” says Jones. “I was seeing so much
more oral and systemic disease in those
that were breathing dysfunctionally that it
seemed to often be a missing piece, even
among some airway-focused dentists. That
is the reason that I chose to train directly
under Patrick McKeown, a breathing expert
and bestselling author based in Ireland, as
an Oxygen Advantage advanced instructor
and Buteyko Clinic International breath
re-trainer.”
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