Majority of children now have crooked teeth, which is evident from five years of age and is often attributed to hereditary factors. However, rather than blame genetics for crooked teeth and poor jaw development, modern research has produced evidence that points to other causes.

Mouth breathing, tongue thrusting, reverse swallowing and thumb sucking (known as incorrect myofunctional habits) are the real causes.

Allergies, asthma and an open mouth posture also contribute to incorrect jaw development. Growing up, most of us have had one or more of these myofunctional problems, which may have been the cause of incorrect dental and facial development.

If a child is a mouth breather their tongue won't rest in the roof of the mouth, which often results in an underdeveloped upper jaw and restricted forward growth of the lower jaw. Along with the concern of crowding, incorrect development of the upper jaw can affect a child's breathing by restricting airway.

As well as affecting jaw and facial development, the medical profession now recognises that mouth breathing is abnormal and is also one of the main contributors of Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) problems. Symptoms include snoring, morning tiredness and learning difficulties with extreme cases stopping breathing at times during the night. This is the medical condition called Obstructive Sleep Apnoea - OSA. If left untreated, SDB can lead to significant and serious health problems that cause poorer quality of life in adulthood.

Symptoms commonly associated with Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) can include:

Developmental and behavioural problems

Snoring

Gasping

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Interrupted sleep

Bedwetting

Great question, it is really important that all children before starting have an online consultation with Seb, you will be required to take photos of the mouth and fill in a pre-evavulation questionnaire. You can book in for this session for £55 for Seb to assess and for you to ask any questions.

The course costs £750 if you pay in full or £88 per month for the 9 months which equals £792. The reason it costs more for the payment plan is costs are deducted from the payment provider we use per payment and this helps to cover admin etc.

The 9 months of exercises on our online learning portal, 3 x one-to-ones with Seb or Dental team to assess progress and run through any additional questions you may have and the devices needed for this program. Most children will go through 3 or 4 different devices but this depends on each child. We also cover 1 x lost/damaged device. Each device costs approx £80.

No not at all. We can ship the devices anywhere, so you can do this practically from anywhere as long as you have access to the Internet and a postal address to ship each device to.