More Choices, More Options with Functional Sleep Medicine
The word “functional” indicates that our focus is not to merely provide “band-aid” sleep medicine; treatments like CPAP and nighttime jaw protruding devices, but rather on finding and treating the root causes of our patient’s airway issues. Although those sleep treatments have their place and we do prescribe them on occasion, they require a lifetime commitment and usually tend to decrease in effectiveness over time.
In contrast, treating the root causes of upper airway resistance syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea greatly increases the chance of achieving permanent resolution and restoration of optimal sleep health.
Ask yourself are you...
Snoring?
Is snoring creating issues with your spouse?
Fatigued?
Do you find yourself feeling excessively tired on a regular basis?
Drowsy
Have you ever winked off while driving?
Apneic?
Do you have sleep apnea but hate or refuse to wear a CPAP?
Debilitated?
Do you have presistent, unresolving chronic health problems?
Grinding?
Have you experienced chronic bruxism?
80% of the population has a restricted airway, meaning that 80% of the population is not getting enough oxygen to their heart or brain – especially at night. With or without snoring, this oxygen deficit is a major cause of a whole host of serious systemic health issues.
Commonly caused issues include obesity, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, ADHD, and Alzheimer’s just to name a few. Got any of these? Then you need to get your airway checked.
Other signs that you may have a restricted airway are crooked teeth or a history of orthodontic treatment, snoring and/or sleep apnea, tooth clenching or grinding, and sinus congestion.
Functional Sleep Medicine will change your life!
We have the
answer.
Biomimetic Arch Expansion
“Biomimetic arch expansion is a natural and gentle way to expand the upper jaw, creating space for teeth, improving breathing function, and enhancing facial aesthetics.”
One of the most effective Functional Medicine medicine treatments for lifelong results is Biomimetic Arch Expansion.
This natural dental technique uses custom-made appliances to expand the upper jaw, improve breathing function, and enhance facial aesthetics. By mimicking natural biological processes, this technique promotes healthy jaw growth, alleviates dental crowding, reduces the risk of tooth decay and gum disease, and improves overall oral and sleep health.
Compared to traditional methods, biomimetic arch expansion is a more gentle and natural approach that achieves gradual and controlled expansion over time, with long-lasting benefits for overall health and well-being.
Functional Sleep Medicine will change your life!
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Our team of
experts.
Our intention at Functional Sleep Medicine is to be the premier resource for all issues related to sleep and airway health issues. To that end we have assembled the most complete group of experts anywhere. You can rest assured that whatever lies at the root of your airway health concerns, we have an expert who can help! More choices, more options.
* We are a certified Vivos Provider!
Lon Peckham DMD
FAAOSH, Dip ACLM
Oral-systemic healthcare
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Dr. Peckham has a strong background in oral-systemic healthcare, including dental airway management and correction. He also has advanced certifications in Lifestyle Medicine, cognitive Reality Therapy, as well as Heart Math coherence and mindfulness. Dr. Peckham leads our team and offers various airway services:
Sahil Chopra MD
Board Certified Sleep Medicine
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As a Board Certified Sleep Physician, Dr. Chopra provides all of our sleep medicine diagnostic services as well as ancillary therapies including CPAP where indicated.
Bryan McLelland DDS
Board Certified Oral Surgery
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As an accomplished Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with extensive experience in facial reconstruction, Dr. McLelland is an invaluable member of our team.
Manan Shah MD
Board Certified Allergist and ENT
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Dr. Shah completed his medical school at the University of Maryland, where he pursued an additional certification in clinical research. He subsequently completed his Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery training at the University of Connecticut. He was nominated by local colleagues to serve as the President of the Colorado ENT Society, and also elected by his national peers to serve as the Chair of the YPS of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, and is also a member of the Academy’s Telehealth Committee.
Heather Margaret MD AOMT-C cand., Dip ABFM
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
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Dr. Margaret practices Orafacial Myofunctional Therapy both virtually online and in her Clark Fork, ID office where she also practices Family and Lifestyle Medicine.
Other Treatment Options Provided:
Other related issues.
Resolved with Biomimetic arch expansion.
WHOLISTIC ORTHODONTICS
The world of orthodontics has recently undergone a cosmic shift opening a whole new world of health and beauty. In the past, the only way to get teeth that were “too large” to fit in a too small mouth has been to either extract (remove) teeth, strip or thin teeth, or risk pushing them out of the available jaw bone. But as we showed above in the sleep and breathing section, we now have the ability to literally grow bone out to the ideal size we were genetically intended to be. This wholistic approach not only results in vastly improved esthetics, but also prevents a person’s airway from ever becoming a health problem. There really is no such thing as teeth that are too large, only mouths that have been unnaturally constricted. Fix the constriction and the teeth will beautifully fall into place!
And the earlier this correction is begun, the easier and less expensive it is. Do you have children or grandchildren with crowded teeth, don’t delay getting them in for an full dental arch evaluation. Not only will you be helping them reach their full handsome and beautiful potential, but you will also be saving them from a lifetime of health problems as well!
NOTE: Although Dr. Peckham has extensive training in biomimetic arch expansion and tooth straightening, the state board of dentistry wants to be sure you understand that Dr. Peckham holds a general dentist license and is not a licensed orthodontist.
WHOLISTIC TMJ TREATMENT
As with orthodontics, our ability to restore dental arches to their preferred genetically designed dimensions gives us a whole new set of options when it comes to treating temporal mandibular joint dysfunctions.
When dental arches are properly restored they naturally become rebalanced with the jaw joints, thus relieving all the stress and strain that has been causing them so much pain. The tendency to clench and grind the teeth largely dissipates, and the need for adjunctive guards and plates often “magically” disappears.
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507 N. Sullivan Road, Suite #20, Spokane Valley, WA 99037
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