Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep breathing disorder affecting 4 to 8% of the population. In obstructive sleep apnea, the airway narrows collapses and breathing stops for brief repeated periods throughout the night this causes a reduction in the body’s Oxygen levels which in turn disrupts normal sleep cycles. 85% of sleep apnea sufferers are undiagnosed. Sleep apnea remains the most undiagnosed deadly problem in medicine. An open airway allows good restorative sleep. A blocked airway physically keeps air from entering the lungs.

When maxilla and mandible (upper and lower Jaws) do not grow to their full potential the result is a child with compromised airway. Compromised airway causes sleep disordered breathing and nasal airflow resistance this leads to mouth breathing and fragmentation of sleep.