Helpful Videos

Simple explanation as to the importance of checking infants and children for tongue and lip ties.

Frenum Freedom

Why we sleep

What Happens To Your Brain and Body if You Don’t Get Sleep

Dr. German Ramirez, a world expert in orthodontics and pediatrics, put together an amazing video explaining on patients develop crooked teeth and how this can be prevented and treated. Often times breathing is not evaluated and this video illustrates the importance of nasal breathing.

Mouth Breathing in Children from Dr. German Ramirez

This video explains how a child's face needs to grow forward in order for her to have a fully grown airway. Certain types of orthodontic treatment stunt the ...

The Story of Headgear

Dr Karen Bonuck on Sleep Disordered Breathing

Dr. Karen Bonuck on Sleep Disordered Breathing

For more information about children who are sleepy, snore, or have been diagnosed with ADHD, please visit The American Academy of Physiological Medicine and ...

Finding Connor Deegan

The brain uses a quarter of the body's entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of the body's mass. So how does this unique organ receiv...

One more reason to get a good night’s sleep

Helpful Websites

Child Airway Growth and Development + Signs/Symptoms of Sleep Disorders - American Academy of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry (AAPMD)

About Myofunctional Therapy - Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy

More Myofunctional Therapy Information - The Breathe Institute

About tongue-tie releases (the functional frenuloplasty) - The Breathe Institute

Infant Tongue-Tie FAQ’s

Vitamin D, Sleep, and the Gut - The RightSleep® Protocol from Dr. Stasha Gominak

Helpful Scientific Articles

MARPE / Skeletal Expansion

Evolution, current status, and future trends of maxillary skeletal expansion: a bibliometric analysis

Long-term assessment of conventional and mini-screw assisted rapid palatal expansion on the nasal cavity

Breathing changes following mini-implant supported maxillary skeletal expander treatment in late adolescent or adult patients: Assessment of objective and subjective functional breathing changes

Assessment of respiratory muscle strength and airflow before and after micro-implant-assisted rapid palatal expansion

Mini-implant assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) effects on adult obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and quality of life: a multi-center prospective controlled trial

The short- and long-term changes of upper airway volume and alar in nongrowing patients treated with MARPE: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Long-term effects of MARPE on airway

Interest of MARPE on the upper airway in growing patients: a systematic review

Does MARPE influence upper airway in adult patients? A scoping review

Persistent pediatric obstructive sleep apnea treated with skeletal MARPE

Effect of Anchorage Modifications on the Efficacy of MARPE: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Investigation of the effects of MARPE on airflow in the upper airway of an adult patient with OSA

Pediatric Sleep Apnea and Underdeveloped Jaws

Persistent pediatric obstructive sleep apnea treated with MARPE

A century of adenotonsillectomy’s failure to fully resolve sleep-disordered breathing: mild malocclusions are maybe not so mild?

Prevalence of malocclusions and oral dysfunctions in children with persistent sleep-disordered breathing after adenotonsillectomy in the long term

Predictors of Persistent Sleep Apnea After Surgery in Children Younger Than 3 Years

Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Critical Role of Oral-Facial Growth: Evidences

Mouth breathing, “nasal disuse,” and pediatric sleep-disordered breathing

Scientific American - Why We Have So Many Problems with Our Teeth

The Jaw Epidemic: Recognition, Origins, Cures, and Prevention

Craniofacial Signs, Symptoms, and Orthodontic Objectives of Pediatric Sleep Apnea

The relief of nasal obstruction by orthodontia—A plea for early recognition and correction of faulty maxillary development

Craniofacial morphological characteristics in children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Treatment Outcomes of Adenotonsillectomy for Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Orofacial Growth, and Prevention of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Recognizing Poor Sleep Quality Factors During Oral Health Evaluations

Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Where Do We Stand?

A Frequent Phenotype for Paediatric Sleep Apnoea: Short Lingual Frenulum

Maxillary Protraction to Treat Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Maxillary Retrusion: A Preliminary Report

Sleep-Disordered Breathing in a Population-Based Cohort: Behavioral Outcomes at 4 and 7 Years

The Influence of Snoring, Mouth-Breathing and Apnoea on Facial Morphology

The Effect of Mode of Breathing on Craniofacial Growth

Infant Tongue-Tie

The Effect of Frenotomy on Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding, Reflux Improvement After Tongue-Tie Release

Vitamin D

Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy and Autism Spectrum Disorders Development

Sleep and Dreaming

The Human Microbiome: Me, Myself, and Us

The World Epidemic of Sleep Disorders is Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency

Vitamin D Deficiency Changes the Intestinal Microbiome Reducing B Vitamin Production in the Gut

The Commensal Relationship of the Normal Human Colonic Microbiome

Sleep, Vitamin D, and the Microbiome - Implications for Brain Health

Helpful Books

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art

Sleep Wrecked Kids: Helping parents raise happy, healthy kids, one sleep at a time

Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic

Tongue-Tied: How a Tiny String Under the Tongue Impacts Nursing, Speech, Feeding, and More

Nobody Ever Told Me (or my Mother) That!: Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development

Gasp!: Airway Health - The Hidden Path To Wellness

Feed Your Baby and Toddler Right: Early eating and drinking skills encourage the best development