Learn how airway-focused orthodontics considers jaw development, dental arches, breathing, oral function and sleep-related concerns. Dr. Andrea DeLurgio provides individualized orthodontic care in Citrus Heights, serving Fair Oaks and the greater Sacramento area.
At DeLurgio Orthodontics, we believe orthodontic care is about more than creating a beautiful smile.
The teeth, jaws, facial structures, tongue, lips and surrounding muscles work together as a complex system. How that system develops can influence the way a person bites, chews, speaks, rests and breathes.
Dr. Andrea DeLurgio and our team at DeLurgio Orthodontics enjoy offering our patients advanced orthodontic care options, including early orthodontic treatment, Invisalign, clear braces, self-ligating braces, adult braces, sleep and airway focused orthodontic treatment. Our goal is to help you feel confident in your happy, healthy smile by utilizing state-of-the-art orthodontics in Fair Oaks, CA, and Citrus Heights, CA. Now there are functional airway and sleep improvements to benefit from in addition to a beautiful smile and heathy bite.
Since 1982, the orthodontic team at DeLurgio has helped over 4,000 patients like you in creating their best possible smiles. Patients of DeLurgio Orthodontics enjoy our flexible payment plans, advanced technology, and extensive experience in providing top-notch orthodontic care. Come experience DeLurgio Orthodontics! You will see for yourself that we offer innovative orthodontics in Fair Oaks, CA, Folsom, CA, Orangevale, CA, Carmichael, CA, Rancho Cordova, CA, Gold River, CA, Citrus Heights, CA, Roseville, CA, Granite Bay, CA and Sacramento, CA – and we do it with a smile!
Dr. Andrea DeLurgio looks beyond tooth alignment to evaluate facial growth, jaw relationships, dental arch development and oral function. When appropriate, she also considers signs that may warrant further evaluation of breathing or sleep-related concerns.
The result is a more comprehensive approach to orthodontic diagnosis and treatment—one that considers the whole patient rather than teeth in isolation.
Airway-focused orthodontics is not a separate type of braces or a single orthodontic appliance.
Instead, it is a way of evaluating orthodontic patients that considers the relationship between:
Not every orthodontic patient has an airway concern, and orthodontic treatment is not a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment of sleep disorders.
Rather, an airway-focused perspective helps Dr. DeLurgio recognize when a patient’s orthodontic development may be relevant to breathing or when additional evaluation by another healthcare professional may be appropriate.
Breathing is one of the body’s most fundamental functions.
Ideally, breathing occurs comfortably through the nose, while the lips and tongue maintain a healthy resting posture. During childhood, these patterns occur while the jaws and facial structures are developing.
When nasal breathing is difficult, some children and adults develop persistent mouth breathing. There can be many reasons for this, including allergies, nasal congestion, enlarged tonsils or adenoids, anatomy, habits or other medical conditions.
A persistent breathing concern deserves attention because the cause—not simply the symptom—should be understood.
At DeLurgio Orthodontics, we consider breathing patterns as one part of a larger orthodontic evaluation.
