WHOLE-HEALTH and AIRWAY DENTISTRY
What is Whole-Health & Airway/Sleep Dentistry?
In its simplest terms, you need a healthy mouth, and you need to be able to get oxygen efficiently to have a healthy body!!
Whole-Health, or Functional Dentistry, is a comprehensive, total-body approach to dental health. It focuses on the vital connection between our oral health, airway, and the rest of our body, and how health in each of these areas promotes overall patient wellness. It does NOT simply focus on treating dental problems and symptoms. Whole-Health Dentistry involves understanding potential underlying factors, with an emphasis on existing medical conditions, the oral microbiome, gut health, inflammation, genetics, and lifestyle habits. Whole Health Dentists examine their patients’ dental home-care routines, eating, sleeping, breathing, and lifestyle habits to understand oral health better and focus much of their practices on airway health. The mouth and the airway are the gateway to the rest of your body, and often the key to unlocking optimal overall health. We realize you are more than just a mouth to treat and a dollar to be made.
Dr. Buse will work with you to identify and understand the underlying oral disease, its causes, and will work diligently to come up with treatment options tailored to you and your goals. We understand that lasting oral health is a life-long commitment. We are here for you! We work with you to implement tools and routines to maintain your oral health at home and give you knowledge to recognize if something is not healthy in your mouth.