Treatments
+ Tools
Where innovation meets optimum healing.
Experience the AirSync SANO Method where we use the latest, most gentle, and least invasive tools and treatments to for diagnosis and treatment. We will optimize sleep, correct airway dysfunction, calm the nervous system, improve oral function, and enhance pelvic and sexual health.
Early Intervention
Every child should be evaluated at least by age 3
AirSync is on a mission to have every child evaluated for growth, breathing, oral function, and sleep by age 3—ideally starting soon after birth. Then check-ins every six months for function and structural therapeutic guidance. The earlier we can identify a potential breathing or sleep problem, the earlier we can intervene, and preserve neurocognitive development.
Children deserve healthy breathing, quality sleep, strong immunity, and the best chance for optimal growth. Traditional dentistry and orthodontics often wait until age 7 to address crowded teeth, but by then, underlying airway and growth issues are already established. These concerns appear early as baby teeth erupt. Delaying care means missing critical years of growth and development, sleep and brain development, when it’s easier and less invasive to correct early. If left untreated, your child may struggle with snoring, apneas, repeated ENT surgeries, suffer behavioral/cognitive/attention problems, and lasting neurocognitive effects.
Our children deserve the best opportunity for healthy breathing, qualitative sleep, optimized cognitive development, and a strong immune system.
Our AirSync Gold Standard replaces the outdated “wait and see” approach with proactive, gentle care that supports jaw and airway development, restores healthy sleep, and promotes long-term wellbeing. Early intervention gives children the best chance to thrive—physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Our pediatric treatments offer the best outcomes for your child:
- Nuvola — clear aligners that influence cranial balance to support jaw and airway health.
- Invisalign & CandidPro — progressive clear teeth aligners used very strategically for airway patients.
- Specialized 3D expanders — fixed or removable and designed for children. Dr. Kimberly personally designs each case for forward, width, and vertical growth.
- Reverse-pull facemasks — to stimulate forward growth of the jaw.
- MARPE— corrects underbites, significant width deficiencies, severely impaired nasal breathing or sleep apnea for middles, tweens, and teens (and adults).
- MyoMunchee / MyoBrace — As indicated, to train proper breathing and chewing.
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MARPE + Jaw Expansion
Where innovation meets healing
At AirSync, we treat the foundation first. By developing properly sized airways and jaws (forward, vertical, and width) before moving teeth, we create space for the tongue, stabilize the bite, and open the airway. Dr. Kimberly is a recognized expert in MARPE, personally designing each appliance for complex jaw and tooth movements, and placing every MARPE herself in-office. This avoids costly surgical referrals and gives you the choice of sedation—most surgeons would make the anesthesia decision for you. AirSync offers at minimum local anesthesia, laughing gas and the ability to go to sleep with Elite Anesthesia supervising.
In addition to custom MARPE, AirSync offers a full range of 3D jaw expansion treatments tailored to each patient’s specific anatomy and needs:
- Clear Aligners — personally customized by Dr. Kimberly—aligning teeth for both airway health and aesthetics, never relying on default aligner company setups, like most providers do.
- Cranial TMJ Orthotics — precisely designed to support neurologic stability, heal TMJs, align cranial bones, and guide the lower jaw into a stable, comfortable position.
- Homeoblock & POD Appliances — These are slow moving cranial, symmetry, healing appliances but do not expand the jaw.
- Custom Protractive Plates — designed to move the upper jaw forward in conjunction with a MARPE.
- The Bow Facemask — To stimulate forward movement and growth of the upper jaw.
- SFOT — a periodontal procedure paired with airway orthodontics to widen the lower jaw, improve bone and gum health, and in a very efficient time. It also moves upper front teeth forward or enhances expansion after MARPE, when needed.
AirSync has unsurpassed expertise for the best results.
Dr. Kimberly is known for her advanced planning, surgical precision, and in-office placement of MARPEs. Her consistent success comes from three essentials: fully customized appliance design, gentle slow-turning protocols, and continuous training with world leaders in MARPE. Together, these set a new standard in jaw expansion.
While expansion is possible even into the 70s, early treatment during growth is always best.
No matter the age, patients consistently experience better airflow, reduced clenching, fewer headaches, improved facial balance, and deeper, more restful sleep. The result is a stronger foundation for lifelong health and wellness.
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Headaches + Migraines + TMJ
Innovative care to relieve discomfort
Let’s talk TMJ and headaches
There are a lot of misconceptions about TMJ conditions and headache. Many treatments are palliative in nature and not curative—medications and splints. At AirSync, we do a thorough analysis of your joint health, both structurally and functionally. We then determine the best course of treatment to resolve your symptoms and if you are interested in optimizing the joints for your healthspan, we have solutions for that too.
We determine the source of the TMJ condition – muscles, internal joint issues, alignment of the cranial bones, arthritis or degeneration of the joint. Depending on what the diagnoses are, we can then create the optimal path to eliminating symptoms and healing that is right for you.
We offer the following options, either singularly or combined to optimize your joint wellness:
- Cranial TMJ Orthotics made in conjunction with our amazing SOT Chiropractors
- Emface TMJ Therapy – to calm the muscles associated with TMJ
- Exomind TMS Therapy – improve neurologic function, blood flow to the brain, and brain detoxing.
- Photobiomodulation – reduction of joint and muscle inflammation
- Nutritional counseling/referral for bloodwork
- Sonu Acoustic Vibration Headband
- Pulsetto – calming pain pathways, brain blood circulation, calms the nervous system
Definitively once the joints are healed, we need to talk airway architecture and airway orthodontics. Generally, the upper jaw is too far back and the lower jaw is trapped behind it. We have the solutions to get the jaws into the correct most comfortable and stable positions.
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Tongue Tie Treatment
The original infant laser frenectomy expert minimally invasive and non-surgical approaches.
A tongue-tie occurs when the lingual frenum (under tongue tissue) restricts movement. This causes oral dysfunction, compensations, and even behavioral challenges. Tongue-ties are not “just a small string.” They may involve ligament, fascia, or muscle—and this can’t be determined by simply looking and cutting, like so many doctors will do. The tissue is nerve-rich and functional, which is why preparation and gentle therapies are so important.
Likewise, some doctors assume there’s no problem if a child can stick out their tongue or doesn’t have a speech issue. But research shows a short lingual frenum is a predictor of pediatric sleep apnea, which can cause permanent neurofunctional disabilities. In older children and adults, releasing a tongue-tie can improve swallowing, speech, breathing, sleep apnea, posture, and even diaphragm function. You will never outgrow a tongue-tie.
Dr. Kimberly performs a thorough evaluation—structural, functional, and neurological—to determine the best, least invasive and results-driven approach. In infants and small children, she also looks at gestational, birth and feeding history. In bigger children and adults, she determines clinically and with CBCT that there is ample space for the tongue. No space for the tongue in the mouth and behind the tongue are a recipe for scarring, procedure failure, and worsening of symptoms.
Gentle Therapies First
At AirSync, we use BabyLase and OraLase—light-based treatments that calm the nervous system, release fascia, restore muscle function, and improve breathing without surgery. BabyLase utilizes precise light energy in customized doses and sequences across the arms, hands, face, neck and inside the mouth. This activates mitochondria to restore smooth muscle movement, open breathing, improve blood flow, and calm nerves, while delivering immediate comfort and balance for all ages. These therapies prepare tissue for optimal healing and often help avoid surgery, and when it’s needed, the tissue is already more flexible—allowing our LightScalpel CO2 laser to create a smaller wound with faster healing and less trauma.
We believe in gentler, functional solutions first.
Let’s talk surgical technique - AirSync offers the best solutions and most experience.
Dr. Kimberly was the first in Washington State trained in BabyLase and among the earliest adopters of the LightScalpel CO2 laser. She was also the first WA surgeon to study with Dr. Soroush Zaghi at The Breathe Institute in 2018. AirSync provides the gold standard tongue-tie surgery—the functional frenuloplasty—developed by The Breathe Institute. This advanced technique requires preparation with oral motor therapy, laser therapy, craniofacial evaluation and CBCT imaging to confirm that the tongue and airway have enough space for a safe, effective release.
AirSync has uses LightScalpel CO2 laser, shaped like a flexible pen that allows for precise, clean, and controlled soft tissue surgery with less bleeding and trauma, with a faster recovery. It is the gold standard for infant laser frenectomies and functional frenuloplasties. We have offered and used this laser since 2016.
Too often, children and adults undergo surgery without a proper comprehensive work-up, without a CBCT, without sleep data, without optimally developed jaws, and without a full care plan. Many children and adults need OraLase alongside oral myofunctional therapy prior to surgery. AirSync is interested in your outcome, optimal healing, and the most minimally invasive approach.
Get the best care for tongue-ties. Call us first!
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Laser Therapies
Redefining excellence with unmatched precision and comfort without surgery.
At AirSync, we offer an exclusive suite of laser-based therapies—NightLase®, Photobiomodulation, BabyLase®, and OraLase®—all powered by the advanced 1064nm Fotona lasers, known for its safety, precision, and effectiveness. These treatments are designed to restore balance to the body’s nervous system, enhance breathing, and improve overall tissue tone and muscle function.
It works by delivering specific wavelengths of light, these therapies act deep at the vascular, muscular, and neural levels. They help soften restricted fascia, optimize cranial nerve function, improve tissue tone, and regulate an over- or under-active nervous system. Patients frequently notice immediate results.
At AirSync, we use light as medicine.
Fotona Lightwalker and XPulse Lasers
These lasers operate at the 1064nm wavelength and include a family of adaptations depending on how and where the therapies are utilized.
BabyLase® and OraLase® employ light therapy in pioneering ways, when providers like by Dr. Kimberly have received special training by leading experts. These tools help:
- Restore balance to the autonomic nervous system and integrate reflexes that should either be working (infants) or long gone (children and adults).
- Organize the cranial nerves for more functional oral movements.
- Soften tight fascia to help muscles move more fluidly.
- Eliminate most buccal (cheek) ties, can eliminate some tongue ties, and if surgery is still warranted we have a minimally invasive surgery to perfrom.
NightLase® gently tightens and strengthens airway tissues to reduce snoring and improve sleep quality. No surgery will be needed to amputate the soft palate.
TonsiLase® uses the same technology and paired with NightLase to shrink enlarged tonsils without surgery. This combined with oxidative therapy helps reduce the need for removing enlarged tonsils and adenoids.
NaseLase® firms nostrils weakened by soft cartilage, trauma, or prior surgery—helping mitigate nostril collapse.
- Photobiomodulation is a gentle, non-invasive therapy that uses light to stimulate the body’s natural healing processes. It speeds recovery, reduces pain, and enhances tissue healing by restoring cellular energy.
Simple, Safe, and Effective
Today’s advanced lasers make treatment faster, gentler, and more effective than ever. While they can be used on their own, results are strongest when combined with a full airway rehabilitation plan, including orthopedic remodeling, oral myofunctional therapy, tongue-tie surgery, and breathing re-education. With extensive training in these sophisticated tools, Dr. Kimberly is proud to pioneer gentler, more effective ways to improve sleep, breathing, nervous system balance, and oral function for patients of all ages.
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EmFace + EmEyes + EmChin
A revolution in TMJ treatment, airway architecture, and aesthetics
Emface® is a groundbreaking, non-surgical treatment that lifts and tones facial muscles, reduces neck fat, eliminates double chins, and improves under-eye bags or dark circles. It has been recently FDA-approved as a new treatment for TMJ, and it also influences swallowing. Emface addresses the submental (chin) fat and muscles under the chin that can compress the airway, push the tongue and jaw backward, and contribute to sleep apnea. Even CPAP users can see improved comfort and effectiveness. Emface can nonsurgically optimize airway tone, treat muscle-related TMJ pain, enhance tired looking eyes, and give a lift to the face!
Improve airway function and appearance in 20 minutes with no needles or bruising!
Emface is the first therapy that works on the framework of the face from the outside in.
It uses two synchronized technologies simultaneously, high intensity focused electrical stimulation (HIFES) and radiofrequency (RF). The RF warms the skin and melts the fat and the HIFES stimulates and contracts the muscles. This creates new elastin and collagen fibers, tones muscles, and provides neuromuscular balance, while improving oral functions like chewing, swallowing, and airway stability.
The standard treatment protocol consists of 20-minute sessions, typically one week apart or can be done 2x weekly. Depending on age, tissue laxity, and treatment goals, Dr. Kimberly may prescribe anywhere from 4-8 sessions. There is no anesthesia, needles, bruising or downtime. You can resume your daily activities right after the treatment, making it a quick and convenient option for those with a busy lifestyle. Experience a more youthful look while supporting better breathing and overall health. Contact us today for more information.
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EXOMIND
The Future of Mental Wellness
At AirSync, the Exomind™ TMS therapy restores healthy brain activity and enhances neural connectivity for improved cognitive fitness, mental wellness, self-control, and emotional regulation. This state-of-the-art machine works hand-in-hand with many other of our treatments, or on its own for issues such as ADHD, OCD, eating disorders, dementia, addiction, and more. FDA-cleared for the treatment of depression, the Exomind’s patented technology comfortably stimulates key areas of the brain to optimize executive functions. Patients report feeling less stressed, with clearer thinking, improved memory, focus and mood. It is also proving to be helpful in mitigating chronic headaches.
Addressing the mind is an essential part of achieving balance and confidence.
Exomind uses proprietary ExoTMS™ or focused magnetic pulses to stimulate specific brain areas. It’s a type of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) therapy that offers enhanced comfort and shorter sessions than traditional TMS. The treatment is drug-free and helps to restore neuroplasticity. In fact, many people select Exomind to avoid the side effects of medications.
Treatment is safe and well-tolerated as there is nothing invasive. People report feeling like there is a tapping on the head. There are minimal side effects and if they occur, are temporary. Talk to an AirSync specialist today to see if Exomind is right for you or your child.
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Oxidative Therapy
Inhale health, exhale life
Inflammation is the body’s way of protecting itself, but when it becomes chronic, it can be harmful—especially in the airway. Swollen nasal passages, tonsils, or throat tissues can block airflow, making nasal breathing and sleep more difficult. This may lead to congestion, snoring, sleep apnea symptoms, allergies, enlarged tonsils/adenoids, or recurrent infections. Over time, airway inflammation also strains the heart, brain, and immune system, affecting energy, focus, growth, and overall wellness.
Oxidative therapy heals tissues
Oxidative therapy gently introduces extra oxygen into the body. Oxygen is a natural anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial resource—it calms irritation and restores healing. For airway health this means:
- Reduced swelling in the nose, sinuses, and throat.
- Improved circulation, plus increased oxygen and nutrition delivery to tissues.
- Supported immune function, helping to fight chronic infections or allergies.
- Enhanced cellular detox and mitochondrial function the immune system, healing and overall wellness.
- Restored balance, improving results from other airway therapies like expansion, myofunctional therapy, or sleep care.
Improving your health with innovative therapies.
At AirSync, we use medical grade oxygen and distill it into through a generator to create activated oxygen. Since WWI, activated oxygen has been used for treating wounds, infections, and diseases. Dr. Kimberly utilizes oxidative therapy for chronic sinusitis, inflamed airway tissues, ear infections, migraines, tinnitus, and more.
Treatment schedules vary based on patient needs, typically involving multiple sessions per week until the body is back in balance. Exposure limits are regulated, with safety measures in place for clinical use. If you or your family are experiencing chronic or frequent illnesses, asthma, ear infections or gum disease, call us for a consultation for how oxidative therapy can help you.
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EMSELLA
Improve pelvic floor and core tone plus intimacy wellness
Emsella® uses advanced technology to redefine wellness by helping both men and women regain strength, control and comfort of their pelvic floor. The FDA-approved device was developed to treat urinary incontinence but has also been proven to improve sexual function, strengthen the low back and core, and more. Emsella helps re-educate, strengthen and restore the pelvic floor muscles weakened by childbirth, aging, prostrate issues, or other factors. It can address stress, urge, and mixed incontinence. Imagine no more middle of the night awakenings, running to the bathroom, and embarrassing moments. Go ahead –sneeze, laugh and cough without worry!
One 28-minute Emsella session is the equivalent of performing 11,000+ Kegel exercises.
Emsella chair uses high-intensity focused electromagnetic (HIFEM) technology that targets and stimulates pelvic floor muscles by inducing thousands of deep and rapid muscle contractions. Patients sit on a chair-like device, fully clothed, feeling an increased tingling feeling as they experience contractions similar to Kegel exercises. By improving pelvic floor strength, Emsella helps patients regain confidence, quality of life, and improve intimate health.
With no anesthesia, you can resume normal activities immediately after treatment. A typical course involves six sessions over a few weeks. You may see improvement after the first session, with continued improvement in the weeks that follow. Call for a consultation today.
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Oral Myofunctional Therapy
Learning to breathe, chew and swallow better
The core principles of oral myofunctional therapy (OMT) are completed in order, not progressing to the next until the previous has been mastered:
- Establish nasal breathing.
- Establish lip seal without engaging facial muscles.
- Proper rest posture for the tongue and facial muscles.
- Optimize oral and facial muscle tone and balance.
- Establish a proper mature swallow pattern.
- Develop diaphragmatic breathing.
OMT was developed about 100 years ago when specialists noticed that how we breathe, swallow, and rest our tongue affects everything from teeth growth to sleep. It was designed to re-train these patterns so the airway, face, and mouth can grow and function in a healthier way.
OMT is critical as a co-treatment for tongue-ties, jaw expansion and growth guidance. We cannot change structure without modifying and optimizing function or there will be regression, relapse, and no stability—they are intertwined. At AirSync we use OMT in collaboration with our SANO™ Method to fully understand and support treatments for optimal results, with the least traumatic options.
Myofunctional therapy alone can reduce sleep apnea.
Many of us develop poor breathing habits, open-mouth posture, or swallowing issues—often starting in in the womb, during birth and shortly thereafter, after injury, stroke, or due to poor growth patterns. These compensations affect health over time. Think of OMT as physical therapy for breathing, oral function, chewing, and swallowing.
With OMT, you can achieve better nasal breathing, lip seal, swallowing, and overall function. Research shows it can reduce sleep apnea by up to 50% in adults and 60% in children. OMT can also help a CPAP user be more successful and compliant. Non-invasive and effective, OMT works alone or alongside other AirSync tools for lasting results. You can trust AirSync and our collaborative therapists to have your best outcome at the core of any treatment plan or therapy. Contact us today.
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Diagnostics Tools
Digital technology benefits accuracy and comfort
At AirSync, Dr. Kimberly combines advanced training with state-of-the-art tools to uncover the root causes of nervous system, airway, sleep and oral health concerns. Her comprehensive approach ensures precise diagnosis for optimal personalized treatment planning, for lasting results for infants, children, teens, and adults. Following are some of the diagnostic equipment patients may encounter during an evaluation.
- A CBCT scan provides a 3D view of the teeth, jaws, nasal passages, soft tissues of the head and neck area, alignment of the cranial bones and upper neck vertebrae. Gold standard treatment planning and treatment execution should 100% be planned and guided with 3D imaging (along with excellent photos and digital impressions).
A CBCT scan has significantly low radiation with one scan being equivalent to a flight from LA to New York. A medical x-ray or CT scan exposes humans to far more radiation, at least 5x as much as a CBCT. The CBCT is fundamental to planning your case and architecting your future breathing and sleep.
A 3D image is far superior to the standard of care 2D images that most dentists and specialists use to plan orthopedic and orthodontic treatment. How can achieve optimal outcomes planning 3D treatment with 2D images? Impossible!
Most important and unique to AirSync is the methodology and assessment that Dr. Santiago has created to evaluate the CBCT image. As part of the SANO Method, Dr. Santiago has developed a systematic analysis and interpretation of the CBCT image. She then cross references the findings with the exam findings, photos, digital impression, severity of symptoms and breathing disordered sleep disease to make a customized methodical plan for care.
Unique to Dr. Santiago is her long-standing use and ownership of CBCT scanners, with the first scanner purchase in 2009. 4 scanners and 16 years later, AirSync cannot live on a daily basis without 3D imaging to care for their patients.
- The SleepImage Ring is a simple, comfortable ring you wear overnight to measure exactly how well you are sleeping. It’s an FDA-cleared medical tool that we use right here at AirSync Wellness to screen sleep for quality, low oxygen to the brain, sleep interruptions, if you stop breathing and overall nervous system tone in the comfort of your own home—no wires, no uncomfortable lab stay. This small device gathers critical information about your body while you rest, including your blood oxygen levels, heart rate, breathing patterns, and body movement. These measurements give our clinical team the precise data needed to understand your unique sleep health story. It is helpful to understand the relationship between symptoms and their root causes when addressing complex health issues. At AirSync Wellness, we look beyond surface-level symptoms to treat the underlying issues driving your sleep problems.
We integrate the SleepImage Ring into every step of your wellness journey. We first use it to establish a clear baseline measurement of your sleep quality before we begin any treatment. It also gives us an idea of whether urgent sleep medicine referral or intervention is needed.
- The 4-Phase Rhinomanometer measures nasal airflow and resistance throughout the entire breathing cycle—far beyond simple peak flow or static tests. This precision helps understand whether nasal blockage comes from structural issues (deviated septum, turbinate swelling, valve collapse) or functional problems (inflammation, allergies, congestion). It leads to safer more effective treatments, offering clinicians and patients:
- Clear diagnosis—Identifies the true cause of nasal obstruction, avoiding “one-size-fits-all” care.
- Predictable outcomes—Shows whether medications will help (e.g., steroids, antihistamines), or if surgical/structural treatments are needed.
- Personalized care—Guides the choice of surgery, orthodontic expansion, myofunctional therapy, or laser treatment based on your airflow pattern.
- Tracks progress—Provides objective measurements before, during, and after treatment, proving results rather than relying only on symptoms.
- The IOPI (Iowa Oral Performance Instrument) measures tongue and lip strength, supporting therapy and results for swallowing, speech, and oral function.
- Our iTero scanner with the Lumina Wand creates fast, comfortable 3-D images of teeth, palate, and tongue, making treatment planning more accurate and easier to understand, especially when overlayed with the CBCT image.
The best tools for a better Life
At AirSync we use the SANO™ Method—encompassing advanced imaging, sleep data and testing of muscles, reflexes and neurological function to evaluate how the bones, muscles, and nerves work together—or don’t. These assessments help diagnose jaw disorders, airway architecture limitations, oral dysfunction, nervous system dysregulation, breathing and sleep issues. With the comprehensive analysis of the data set, Dr. Kimberly can curate a personalized strategic treatment plan that improves overall wellness.
Put life in your days, not just days in your life.
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