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What the first fourteen nights with a new pillo...

A few nights of adjustment, then normality. What parents report noticing, what would mean position was not the problem, and what happens if it ends up on the floor.

What the first fourteen nights with a new pillo...

A few nights of adjustment, then normality. What parents report noticing, what would mean position was not the problem, and what happens if it ends up on the floor.

Pillow height and head position: the mechanism,...

A pillow too tall for a child pushes the head forward and folds the chin toward the chest. How to check your own child tonight, and what changing it does...

Pillow height and head position: the mechanism,...

A pillow too tall for a child pushes the head forward and folds the chin toward the chest. How to check your own child tonight, and what changing it does...

What to ask at your child's next orthodontic ap...

Seven questions that move the conversation from teeth to breathing, including the one most likely to produce a pause: is there anything in this plan that covers the night?

What to ask at your child's next orthodontic ap...

Seven questions that move the conversation from teeth to breathing, including the one most likely to produce a pause: is there anything in this plan that covers the night?

Expander vs myofunctional therapy vs sleep posi...

An expander widens the jaw, therapy retrains the muscles, position governs the eight hours neither is running. A side-by-side comparison, including what each one cannot do.

Expander vs myofunctional therapy vs sleep posi...

An expander widens the jaw, therapy retrains the muscles, position governs the eight hours neither is running. A side-by-side comparison, including what each one cannot do.

Is it too late? What "the window" for a child's...

The "ages five to seven" window describes when certain orthodontic procedures are most efficient, not a date after which sleeping position stops mattering. Where the claim comes from, and what...

Is it too late? What "the window" for a child's...

The "ages five to seven" window describes when certain orthodontic procedures are most efficient, not a date after which sleeping position stops mattering. Where the claim comes from, and what...

Why children sleep with their mouth open (and w...

Children breathe through the mouth when the nose is harder to use, or when head position lets the jaw fall open. The causes, why an airway dentist cares, and the...

Why children sleep with their mouth open (and w...

Children breathe through the mouth when the nose is harder to use, or when head position lets the jaw fall open. The causes, why an airway dentist cares, and the...