Airway Orthodontics in Appleton, WI

Concerned about mouth breathing, snoring, or the way your child’s teeth are developing? Serenity Healthy Smiles offers airway-focused dental care for children and adults in Appleton.

Dr. Dawn Diehnelt considers your dental concerns alongside the breathing and sleep symptoms you report. An evaluation helps clarify whether dental treatment, further medical assessment, or a combination of care may be appropriate.

Explore your options and take the next step toward an individualized care plan.

Looking Beyond Straight Teeth

An airway-focused approach considers more than tooth alignment. Bite relationships, jaw development, and oral habits can help inform recommendations for dental care.

Share your concerns about mouth breathing, snoring, or sleep with Dr. Diehnelt. Treatment recommendations depend on your age, examination findings, and individual needs. When symptoms suggest a sleep-related breathing disorder, medical evaluation is an important part of determining the next step.

early AIRWAY INTERVENTION

Airway Orthodontics for Children

Intervention as early as birth can significantly influence a child’s growth and development. Structure of the face can be improved and breathing can be corrected for a lifetime of good health. Risk of dental decay is reduced, risk of poor brain development from poor oxygenation is lessened, and likelihood of ADHD or other behavioral challenges are decreased.

Breathing through your nose promotes healthy oxygen uptake, filtering out harmful particles before reaching the lungs. Mouth breathing may lead to dental decay, gingivitis and crooked teeth. Mouth breathers catch more colds and are sick more frequently than those who breathe through their nose.

Signs of Poor Airway Health in Children

Treatment Options

Orthotropics®

This approach guides growth of the face and corrects poor postures, making more room for the teeth and tongue.

Myobrace

The Myobrace® System addresses the root causes of crooked teeth and poor jaw development, straightening teeth and improving airway without braces.

Learn more about the Myobrace

Myo Munchee

The MyoMunchee stimulates growth and can improve breathing, swallowing and lip closure. Chewing is vital for strengthening jaw and mouth muscles.

Myofunctional Therapy

This specialized therapy trains lips, tongue, cheeks to function properly resulting in natural, stable, beautiful smiles and airway.

Myofunctional therapy in Appleton

Vivos

This approach addresses undersized faces and airways by reshaping and expanding the jaws. This promotes better breathing and deeper sleep.

Myofunctional Therapy

This specialized therapy trains lips, tongue, cheeks to function properly resulting in natural, stable, beautiful smiles and airway.

Myofunctional therapy in Appleton

Vivos

This approach addresses undersized faces and airways by reshaping and expanding the jaws. This promotes better breathing and deeper sleep.

solutions for SLEEP & BEYOND / ADULT airaway health

Airway Orthodontics for Adults

Airway orthodontics directly improves airway function, reducing issues like snoring and sleep apnea. This leads to better sleep quality, which in turn enhances physical and mental performance.

Airway orthodontics straightens teeth, encourages nasal breathing and may also involve expansion of the jaws. The muscles work in balance and the tooth positions are in harmony with the rest of the body. Everything works together. Smiles improve, sleep improves, life improves.

Poor Airway Symptoms in Adults:

Healthy Adults Should Experience:

Treatment Options

Vivos

A non-surgical solution that expands your airway for better sleep and better breathing. With an average treatment time of just 12 months, Vivos offers lasting relief.

Myobrace

A myofunctional approach using gentle, soft appliances to correct jaw position while using myofunctional therapy to correct the improper tongue, lips postures as well as breathing.

Orthotropics®

This approach guides growth of the face and corrects poor postures, making more room for the teeth and tongue. Yes, even adult jaws can be expanded.

Clear Aligners

Custom-made, fast and comfortable, clear aligners gradually straighten teeth, offering a discreet and convenient alternative to traditional braces.

Sleep Appliances

Serenity Healthy Smiles approaches are designed to improve form and function of the face and jaws, creating better airways and resolving sleep problems. This does not simply treat the symptoms of poor sleep, it addresses the underlying problems which are often small jaws, mouth breathing, and poor tongue position and function. Today, sleep apnea can actually be cured in many individuals, eliminating the need for CPAP masks.

Clear Aligners

Custom-made, fast and comfortable, clear aligners gradually straighten teeth, offering a discreet and convenient alternative to traditional braces.

Sleep Appliances

DR. D’S commitment

My philosophy is simple but powerful: dentistry is about much more than just teeth. It’s about the whole person, the whole body, and the vast interconnectedness of our health. I’ve come to see that a single breath can impact the entire function of the body. A tooth’s movement can echo throughout the cranium. Tension in the jaw can reflect tension in the soul. My mission with airway orthodontics is to bring balance to the body, to support proper breathing, and to empower the body to heal itself.