At Thrive Breathing + Sleep, we diagnose and treat problems with jaw development that affect sleep, breathing, posture, and can cause chronic orofacial pain.  Our examination is thorough, and our treatment recommendations are varied.  We work with an interdisciplinary team that understands how your teeth and jaws influence your overall wellbeing.

 

Dental Sleep Medicine: inadequate jaw development can limit airflow during breathing and sleep.  Your jaws act as a scaffold to your airway, so if you have small jaws you might also have a small airway.  A small airway will be much more susceptible to obstruction and collapse.  That process occurring at night is known as Obstructive Sleep Apnea.  Our training and experience in non-surgical treatments for airway optimization helps correct underdevelopment so our patients can regain restful sleep and restore quality of life.

 

Postural Dentistry: your teeth are very influential in your posture, gait, and sense of balance!  We help patients who suffer from vestibular problems to regain a sense of where they are in space.  Dr. Leary will post videos explaining this as soon as he is able to.  The Postural Restoration Institute has done an amazing job researching and documenting patterns in human movement.  We work with local physical therapists and athletic trainers throughout Colorado to help patients whose teeth do not support healthy movement patterns.  Our work can restore the sense of balance and grounding that your teeth can provide.