Airway Orthodontics in Boca Raton, FL
Airway Orthodontics focuses on transforming your breathing by first expanding the upper jaw with specialized devices, followed by adjusting the lower jaw with orthodontic treatment. This comprehensive approach enhances the volume of your airway, promoting better breathing and overall health.
- Virtual consultations
- Out-of-state patients welcome
- Medical insurance accepted
- Saturday appointments available
EFFORTLESS BREATHING, LIMITLESS LIVING
Benefits of Airway Orthodontics
Better Breathing
Breathing is literally, everything. This treatment leads to improved airway function, resulting in better breathing, reduced snoring, and potentially alleviating symptoms of sleep apnea.
Improved Sleep Quality
Breathing is literally, everything. This treatment leads to improved airway function, resulting in better breathing, reduced snoring, and potentially alleviating symptoms of sleep apnea.
Enhanced Overall Health
Breathing is literally, everything. This treatment leads to improved airway function, resulting in better breathing, reduced snoring, and potentially alleviating symptoms of sleep apnea.
The Airway Orthodontic Process
Improve your health and gain a beautiful smile. This is what you can expect.
Initial Assessment
During the consultation appointment, we collect all relevant information, including CBCT (3D X-ray), intraoral scans, various photographs, and TMJ screening data sleep assessment. We work closely with your Primary Care Physician and Sleep Specialist to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of your sleep quality.
Customized Treatment Planning
Dr. Koval will then develop a personalized treatment plan, utilizing advanced technology to address your specific airway and orthodontic needs. Treatment options may include MARPE/MSE expanders for widening the upper jaw, Piezocorticotomy (a gentle bone separation technique using ultrasound), Myofunctional Therapy to improve muscle function, braces, and Invisalign for teeth alignment. Additionally, enhancing midfacial development might involve using tools like face masks (reverse-pull headgears), C.R.A.N.E., and other appliances.
Ongoing Care and Adjustment
The care doesn’t stop after your treatment. Throughout your treatment, we provide continuous care and adjustments, ensuring optimal results and comfort. Management of airway treatment may include recurring appointments to maintain optimal airway breathing. We accept taking out-of-state patients to perform their MARPE/MSE airway treatment to be continued with their local orthodontist.
Get To Know
Dr. Svitlana Koval
Dr. Svitlana Koval, an expert in cutting-edge orthodontics, brings a world-class blend of expertise and compassion to her practice. Renowned as Florida's most experienced MARPE/MSE provider, Dr. Koval has extensive training in craniofacial development and early orthodontic treatment, having learned cutting-edge techniques in Japan, Great Britain, Austria, Germany, and the USA.
Born in Odessa, Ukraine, her journey in dentistry began with a medal at the International Biology Olympiad at the age of 17. Her academic accomplishments led her to Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine and back to Odessa State Medical University, where she honed her skills in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics with Magna Cum Laude.
As a mother of three and an avid traveler, Dr. Koval blends life's experiences into her patient care, crafting smiles with heart.
Technology
At Dr. Koval Orthodontics, we use the power of advanced technology to redefine orthodontic care, ensuring each treatment is not just effective, but precise and comfortable.
iTero Scanning and CBCT imaging
iTero scanners revolutionize the way we visualize orthodontic treatment, providing 3D imaging for unparalleled precision in treatment planning and aligner fabrication, along with a personalized approach to health. Our latest iTero Lumina scanner allows for the most comfortable and fastest scanning among all existing scanners.
Joint Vibrant Analysis (JVA)-TMJ screening tool
JVA is our non-invasive approach to diagnosing TMJ disorders, offering a quick and comfortable assessment that enhances the accuracy of our treatment plans.
Electromyography of the chewing muscles (EMG)
EMG technology provides a window into the functioning of your chewing muscles, offering insights that guide us in customizing treatments to your unique muscular dynamics, ensuring a harmonious and efficient bite. Alongside the T-scan digital occlusal analysis, EMG serves as a powerful tool in treating various conditions, including trigeminal neuralgia, Meniere's disease, occluso-muscular disease, tension headaches, and more.
T-scan digital occlusal analysis
Our use of T-Scan technology sets us apart, offering a level of bite analysis precision not typically found in most orthodontic practices. This cutting-edge tool maps bite forces, enabling us to fine-tune treatments for optimal comfort and effectiveness.
Dr. Koval's research has shown that using the T-scan digital occlusal analysis can significantly enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of your braces or clear aligner treatment. As one of the few orthodontic practitioners who utilize T-scan technology to measure forces and timing during treatment, Dr. Koval aims to ensure that your orthodontic journey is as stable and successful as possible, potentially reducing the need for lifelong retention.