Healthy Start System™ Hays
Prevent Dental Problems Instead of Having to Correct Them
The Healthy Start System is a revolutionary departure from traditional orthodontics that treats children early, is non-invasive, and is a natural way of straightening teeth. It works as well as or better than braces, clear aligners, surgery, or any other options to achieve a picture-perfect, beautiful smile. Our dentists at Lifetime Dental Care are among only a few doctors in this area trained to offer this innovative new system!
Why Choose Lifetime Dental Care for the Healthy Start System™?
- Functional Orthodontic Treatment for Kids
- Dentist with Advanced Training in Orthodontics
- Serving Families in & Around Hays Since 2002
How Does the Healthy Start System™ Work?
The Healthy Start System works with the natural forces of tooth eruption. The soft, comfortable, and removable devices gently guide the erupting teeth into their perfect positions. Additionally, Healthy Start aids in the correct growth and alignment of the lower jaw, expanding the arches to ensure incoming permanent teeth have enough room to erupt in straight and develop proper oral habits.
Types of Healthy Start Appliances
- Habit-Corrector: The habit-corrector eliminates or improves current oral habits that can damage your child’s dental health. He or she wears the habit-corrector at night while sleeping. With a design similar to that of a pacifier, your child will become used to wearing a device in his or her mouth every night. This step lasts about 1-5 months.
- Second Phase: Your child will get an appliance customized and sized for their unique mouth and teeth. It aids the incoming teeth as they move into their proper places, corrects jaw placement, and expands your child’s arches for the incoming adult teeth. Your child will wear this device for 2-6 months.
- Final Phase: The final treatment begins with a device that accommodates incoming adult teeth. It begins when your child has at least 4 permanent teeth. This phase is extremely important because their adult teeth are forming, and the gum tissue fibers are starting to attach to the teeth in the mouth. Healthy Start works effectively to ensure the teeth erupt into proper alignment.
Benefits of the Healthy Start System™
We work hard to bring our patients the most cutting-edge dental technology with the most benefits. When you choose the Healthy Start System, you experience the following benefits:
- Achieve a perfect smile WITHOUT braces or surgery
- Prevent crooked teeth instead of correcting crooked teeth
- Achieve long-lasting and even permanent results
- Experience little to no discomfort
- Naturally works with facial growth and development
Beautiful Smiles are Just the Beginning: Addressing Sleep Disordered Breathing
Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) is an all-inclusive term for breathing difficulties, ranging from mild snoring all the to severe airway obstruction during sleep. When your child’s breathing is disrupted, his or her body recognizes the disruption much like choking, therefore slowing the heart rate, raising the blood pressure, arousing the brain, and ultimately disrupting sleep. Traditionally, there have been very few answers to treating this issue, but we use the Healthy Start System to treat these issues!
Causes of Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Crooked teeth, crowded teeth, or mouth breathing can cause underdevelopment of the mouth and jaw when your child’s nasal and upper airway is constricted. The Healthy Start system works to guide your child’s teeth into their proper position, expanding and fully developing his or her mouth and jaw.
How Can I Tell If My Child Has Sleep-Disordered Breathing?
Does it ever sound like a freight train is running through your child’s room at night or as they lay asleep in the backseat on the way home from a trip? Loud snoring is one very strong indication that your child may have sleep-disordered breathing. Gasping and snorting sounds while your child sleeps may catch you off guard or even make you worried. These sounds stem from your child moving from a deeper sleep to a lighter state (towards waking up) where they’re struggling to breathe.
Common Sleep Disorder Breathing Symptoms Include:
- ADD/ADHD
- Bedwetting
- Chronic allergies
- Asthma
- Mouth breathing
- Snoring
- Swollen adenoids/tonsils
- Frequent headaches
- Teeth grinding
- Frequently waking up
- Excessively sweating while asleep
- Restless sleep
- Nightmares
- Irritability/aggressive behavior
- Difficulty in school subjects of math, science, and spelling
- Arrested growth
- Daytime drowsiness
- Dark circles under the eyes