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Craniofacial · airway · orthodontics · myofunctional · sleep
The mouth is where the airway story begins.
Jaw, palate, tongue and airway are one structure, and it is linked with how a patient sleeps and breathes. Aurea puts the dentist, the orthodontist and the physician on one record for the same patient.
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The thesis
Dentistry and medicine share an airway.
For most of the last century the mouth has been treated as a separate organ — billed separately, recorded separately, taught separately.
Craniofacial integrative care reads the head, jaw and airway as one structure, and connects what the dentist sees with what the physician treats. Aurea is the software for that practice. Dion Health is the founding clinic, where the approach was developed in practice before it became software.
What the mouth is connected to
Every system, one structure.
Sleep, snoring and the airway
Snoring is partial obstruction; apnea is collapse. The shape of the palate, the tongue and the jaw is part of that story, which is why a dentist so often sees the first signs.
Craniofacial development
Palate width, midface and jaw growth are largely set in childhood. Arch form and airway space are linked, so orthodontic decisions are also airway decisions.
Tongue and myofunctional health
Tongue rest posture, nasal breathing and swallow pattern shape the palate over time. A low tongue position is associated with a narrower airway.
TMJ, bruxism and tooth wear
Grinding and clenching can be airway arousal responses, not just habits. Tooth wear changes bite, jaw position and the load on the neck.
Gums and the oral microbiome
Periodontal disease is linked with inflammation beyond the mouth, which is why it belongs on the same record as the rest of the patient's health.
Metabolic and cardiovascular load
Untreated sleep-disordered breathing is associated with high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation and insulin resistance. The airway is worth looking at alongside them.
Posture, headaches and pain
Jaw, tongue and neck share muscles and nerves. In some patients, headaches and jaw or neck pain may improve when the craniofacial structure is addressed.
Who sees what
Six specialties, one patient.
Each sees part of the same airway. On Aurea they read the same record and refer to each other from it.
- General and airway dentists
- The worn teeth, the scalloped tongue, the narrow arch, the clicking joint — often years before anyone orders a sleep study.
- Orthodontists
- Arch form, crossbites and jaw growth in children and adults — the structure the airway is built on.
- Myofunctional therapists
- Tongue posture, mouth breathing and swallow pattern — habits that shape the palate over time.
- Sleep physicians
- The sleep study and the diagnosis — and, on the same record, the exam findings from the dental chair.
- ENT surgeons
- The nose, the tonsils and the upper airway — the other half of the breathing path.
- Primary care and cardiology
- Blood pressure, heart rhythm and metabolic results that belong next to the airway, not in a separate chart.
The clinical index
Conditions the care team looks at together.
Most of these usually land with separate specialists who rarely compare notes.
Structural
- Midface underdevelopment
- Palate narrowing
- Mandibular retrognathia
- Orthodontic crowding
- Posterior crossbite
- Open bite
- Vertical dimension collapse
- Tooth wear
- Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)
- Craniofacial asymmetry
Functional
- Snoring
- Mouth breathing
- Bruxism and grinding
- Clenching
- Low tongue posture
- Myofunctional disorder
- Incorrect swallow pattern
- Sleep-disordered breathing
- Upper airway resistance
Systemic
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Periodontal disease
- Oral microbiome imbalance
- Metabolic syndrome
- Insulin resistance
- Cardiometabolic risk
- TMJ dysfunction
- Migraine and tension headache
- Cervical pain and posture
The continuum
One structure, read across a life.
- Childhood
Development
Palate expansion, tongue-tie release, myofunctional therapy and nasal breathing, while the midface and airway are still growing.
- Adulthood
Sleep, breathing and structure
Oral appliances, orthodontic expansion and surgical airway work, planned together with sleep medicine, ENT and primary care.
- Later life
Pain, wear and load
Tooth wear, TMJ dysfunction and the long-term effects of fragmented sleep, looked at as one system rather than three referrals.
The dentist sees the airway every six months. The physician sees the patient a few times a year. The patient lives with it every night. Aurea is what holds the three together.
How Aurea connects the work
The software underneath your specialists.
One record
Intake, sleep-study results, imaging measurements, exams and wearable data for the same patient, in one place the whole care team reads.
The case, prepared
Aurea assembles each case and assesses airway and TMJ risk, so the clinician opens it with the findings and their sources already laid out.
A clinician decides
Anything uncertain waits for a person. Approve, modify or reject — and the decision stays with the case.
For clinicians
Walk into the visit already knowing the case.
A review queue of the cases Aurea has held — findings and sources laid out. Approve, modify or reject, and the decision is recorded against your name. Referrals, follow-ups and patient messages sit alongside.
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