Uncovering Health Issues in Your Child
Dr. Stuckey uses the HealthyStart System to treat children with sleep breathing disorders and compromised airways. The HealthyStart System is an all-natural, non-pharmaceutical, and non-surgical treatment options delivered exclusively by specially trained dentists. Dr. Stuckey is a Certified Provider with HealthyStart and is the only dentist in the Northwest Ohio area treating children with the HealthyStart System.
Why Northwest Ohio Sleep Solutions’ HealthyStart System?
- Can help a child overcome Sleep Disordered Breathing
- Can help a child overcome a compromised airway
Today, 9 out of 10 children suffer from one or more symptoms related to sleep-disordered breathing. Surprisingly, tooth correction is an essential part of maintaining an open airway for life. If your child suffers from snoring, restless sleep, mouth breathing, delayed growth, allergies, daytime sleepiness, dark circles under the eyes, bed wetting, inability to concentrate, hyperactivity, or difficulty in school, you may want to consider the HealthyStart system.
HealthyStart helps your child avoid problems that come with poor sleep through a series of oral appliances. In addition to promoting proper nasal breathing, HealthyStart also helps the growth and alignment of the lower jaw and ensures that permanent teeth have enough room to come in straight.
HealthyStart is based on 50 years of research and has helped three million children all over the world breathe better and get deeper rest at night. HealthyStart’s appliances are BPA-, silicone-, and latex-free, and it’s FDA approved. The best part about HealthyStart is that it’s pain-free, safe, and noninvasive.
Depending on the age of your child, we use a series of appliances. The first appliance is the Habit Corrector, which trains the proper position for the child’s tongue and jaw during sleep. This appliance helps to open the airway allowing for more oxygen intake and a better nights sleep. The Habit Corrector also eliminates current oral habits like thumb sucking, tongue thrusting and speech problems.
During the next phase, your child receives a series of appliances that are customized to their mouth. The appliances help the incoming teeth find their proper places, corrects jaw relations, and expands your child’s arches to prepare for incoming adult teeth.
This phase of treatment is extremely important because as your child’s permanent teeth come in, HealthyStart works to ensure that the teeth erupt into proper alignment, oftentimes eliminating or reducing the time needed for orthodontics.
If you have noticed that your child has problems sleeping or has tooth alignment issues and are looking for a noninvasive and safe treatment, ask us about HealthyStart today by calling (419) 540-4329! Dr. Stuckey and our experienced team at Northwest Ohio Sleep Solutions will get your child sleeping soundly again in no time!
For parents looking for more information on 
before your child’s appointment please visit the healthystart website.