Why Airway Dentistry is Essential for Your Health

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Enhances Breathing Quality:
Airway dentistry focuses on optimizing your airway to ensure smooth, unobstructed breathing both during the day and night. Improved airflow helps reduce fatigue, headaches, and respiratory issues, leading to a healthier, more active lifestyle.
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Prevents Sleep Disorders:
Conditions such as obstructive sleep apnea and chronic snoring are often caused by airway obstructions. Early diagnosis and treatment through airway dentistry can prevent these disorders, reducing the risk of complications like high blood pressure, heart disease, and daytime sleepiness.
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Supports Cardiovascular and Brain Health:
Proper oxygen flow facilitated by a healthy airway supports vital organs. It lowers the risk of hypertension, stroke, and cognitive decline by ensuring your heart and brain receive the oxygen they need to function optimally.
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Promotes Healthy Facial and Jaw Development:
In children and adolescents, airway dentistry encourages proper jaw alignment and facial growth, reducing the need for future orthodontic or surgical interventions. This also improves airway size and function, preventing breathing difficulties later in life.
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Improves Sleep Quality and Overall Well-being:
Restoring healthy airway function leads to deeper, more restorative sleep cycles. Better sleep enhances mood, concentration, immune response, and overall quality of life.
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Non-Invasive, Preventive Care:
Airway dentistry emphasizes early intervention using customized oral appliances and therapies. These solutions are non-invasive and can prevent the progression of airway-related health issues before they require more complex medical treatments.
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Personalized Treatment Plans:
Each patient’s airway is unique. Using advanced diagnostic tools, airway dentistry offers tailored treatment plans designed to address individual needs for maximum effectiveness and comfort.

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Services Offered

Infants & Toddlers

  • BreastFeeding/MotherFeeding Clinic
  • Chewing and Swallowing issues
  • Restless Sleep, Mouth Breathing, Poor Face Development
  • Tongue Tie, Lip Tie, Buccal Ties Releases
  • Baby Myo and Myofunctional Therapy for Toddlers

Children & Adults

  • Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
  • Full Face Functional Orthopedics & Orthodontics
  • Habit Correction - Mouth Breathing / Thumb Sucking / Nail Biting / Pencil Chewing / Lip Sucking
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea/ Sleep Disordered Breathing / UARS
  • Braces & Aligners
  • Tongue Tie / Lip Tie (Fuctional Frenectomy)
  • TMJ Rehab
  • Anti-Snoring Devices for Adults (Mandibular Advancement Devices)

** The Sleep and Airway Management requires a Multi-disciplinary team Approach involving Healthcare professionals of various disciplines. To provide you with optimum care we have collaborated with ENTs, Pediatricians, Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist and Lactation Consultant.

Here is the Airway Dentistry Team of Rajkot :

DR HARDIK V SHINGALA

MDS Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Implantologist

DR PRACHI S. SHINGALA

MDS Pediatric Dentist (Gold Medalist), F. Craniofacial Myology and Pediatric Sleep, TOTS Care Provider

Accreditations

Online Consults

Airway and sleep health are of prime importance, and we understand that traveling to our clinic may not always be feasible. That’s why we offer online consultations for Airway Dentistry and breastfeeding concerns—to bridge the gap and reach as many patients as possible within our capacity. If you need a consult, message us at +917383948400 with your name, your child’s name, and the concern, and our team will get back to you as soon as possible.

What to Expect at Your First Airway & Sleep Consultation

Your journey to better breathing and restful sleep starts here. During your initial consultation, we take the time to understand your unique airway health and provide solutions tailored to you.

1. In-Depth Health & Symptom Review
We begin with a thoughtful conversation about your:
  • Sleep quality and snoring
  • Mouth breathing or nasal congestion
  • History of orthodontics or allergies
Understanding your health history helps us see the full picture.
2. Lifestyle & Medical Assessment
We look at contributing lifestyle factors like diet, stress, and other existing health conditions to give us a better understanding of your problem.
3. Airway & Oral Examination
A thorough evaluation of your:
  • Nasal passages & throat
  • Tongue posture
  • Jaw alignment & bite
  • Breathing patterns
4. Advanced Imaging & Diagnostics
We may use cutting-edge tools, such as:
  • 3D CBCT Scans
  • Digital Oral Scans
  • Sleep Screening Tools
For better assessment and understanding of the root cause.
5. Sleep Assessment & Referral (if needed)
If signs of sleep apnea are detected, we may also recommend:
  • A Sleep Study Test
  • We work collaboratively with doctors from various disciplines. Hence, if required, A referral to other disciplines may be made to manage any other issues concerning with Breathing and Sleep
6. Custom Treatment Plan
Based on your results, we’ll provide a tailored approach that may include:
  • Oral appliance therapy
  • Myofunctional therapy
  • Collaboration with ENT, sleep physicians, or orthodontists
7. Personalized Q&A & Next Steps
We take the time to walk you through your results, answer all questions, and guide you toward better airway health and sleep.

Take the First Step to Better Breathing

Breathing well is the foundation of great health. Let’s uncover what’s holding you back and help you sleep, breathe, and live better.