By evaluating airway, structure, and function together, combining dentistry with alignment-focused care, we help children develop the space they need to breathe, sleep, and thrive.
Children Services – Westminster, CO
By evaluating airway, structure, and function together, combining dentistry with alignment-focused care, we help children develop the space they need to breathe, sleep, and thrive.
Our Philosophy
We are not simply straightening teeth. We are guiding growth.
By evaluating airway, structure, and function together, combining dentistry with alignment-focused care, we help children develop the space they need to breathe, sleep, and thrive.
Why Early Intervention Matters
Children’s faces and airways are still developing. During these growth years, small, thoughtful interventions can make a big, lasting difference. By guiding growth early, we often reduce the need for more invasive treatments later on.
Invisalign®
As children grow, their smile and airway develop together, making early intervention especially important.
Invisalign can support airway-focused treatment by gently guiding teeth into alignment while helping maintain the space needed for proper tongue posture and nasal breathing. When used at the right stage of development, it works alongside growth-guidance therapies to support a more balanced, functional airway.
Palatal Expansion
This is where we gently widen the upper jaw, creating space for proper tongue posture and supporting healthy nasal breathing. Palatal Expansion not only helps with alignment, but it also helps make room for the airway.
Growth Guidance Appliances
These custom-designed orthopedic appliances support balanced facial development during key growth phases. By influencing jaw position early, we help establish structural harmony that benefits breathing, sleep, and long-term stability.
Myofunctional Therapy
These are targeted exercises that strengthen the tongue and facial muscles, retraining proper breathing patterns and oral posture. Function supports structure, and structure supports function.
Tongue-Tie Release
A simple, precise procedure that frees restricted tongue movement when needed. Proper tongue mobility plays a critical role in jaw development, swallowing, and airway support.
Is My Child Ready for Early Jaw Expansion?
A guide for parents ages 3–7
Breathing & Sleep Signs
Does Your Child Show Any of These Signs?:
- ✓ Your child breathes through the mouth most of the day
- ✓ Snoring at night
- ✓ Restless sleep or sweating at night or bedwetting
- ✓ Teeth grinding
- ✓ Dark circles under the eyes
- ✓ Forward head posture
- ✓ History of large tonsils or adenoids
Why it matters: Early expansion can create more space in the mouth, helping the tongue rest properly and supporting healthy nasal breathing.
Bite & Smile Clues
Does Your Child Show Any of These Signs?:
- ✓ Teeth don’t line up when biting (crossbite)
- ✓ Jaw shifts when closing
- ✓ Narrow or V-shaped smile
- ✓ High roof of the mouth
- ✓ Deep bite/overbite/flared front teeth/”buck” teeth
Why it matters: Early expansion can create more space in the mouth, helping the tongue rest properly and supporting healthy nasal breathing.
Tongue & Chewing Habits
Does Your Child Show Any of These Signs?:
- ✓ Tongue rests low instead of on the roof of the mouth
- ✓ Mouth often open at rest
- ✓ Trouble chewing firmer foods and/or messy eater
- ✓ Thumb sucking or prolonged pacifier use
Why it matters: Proper tongue posture and chewing help shape the jaw. Expansion combined with exercises can retrain the tongue and breathing patterns.
Facial Growth Signs
Does Your Child Show Any of These Signs?:
- ✓ Long lower face or narrow cheeks (an asymmetrical face)
- ✓ Flat midface
- ✓ Smile looks narrow
Why it matters: Early expansion can help guide balanced facial growth.
Care for Every Stage of Life Starts Here
We see infants, children, teens, and adults and take a thoughtful, personalized approach to evaluation and care.
Care for Every Stage of Life Starts Here
We see infants, children, teens, and adults and take a thoughtful, personalized approach to evaluation and care.
Meet Dr. Stamm
You don’t come to Dr. Stamm because you’re looking for a quick fix.
Patients often find their way here after something hasn’t quite added up, persistent jaw discomfort, breathing or sleep concerns, or a sense that symptoms are being treated without understanding the full picture.
Dr. Stamm takes a step back. She looks at how the airway, jaw, bite, and overall function work together before recommending anything. Her approach is thoughtful, thorough, and grounded in the belief that better outcomes start with better questions.
What patients appreciate most is that she takes the time to explain why something may be happening, not just what to do next.
Meet Dr. Stamm
You don’t come to Dr. Stamm because you’re looking for a quick fix.
Patients often find their way here after something hasn’t quite added up, persistent jaw discomfort, breathing or sleep concerns, or a sense that symptoms are being treated without understanding the full picture.
Dr. Stamm takes a step back. She looks at how the airway, jaw, bite, and overall function work together before recommending anything. Her approach is thoughtful, thorough, and grounded in the belief that better outcomes start with better questions.
What patients appreciate most is that she takes the time to explain why something may be happening, not just what to do next.
Meet Dr. Chrissy
Dr. Chrissy has a way of making complex concerns feel manageable.
Whether she’s working with parents navigating feeding or development questions, or adults dealing with long-standing sleep or jaw issues, her focus is always the same, helping patients feel heard, informed, and supported.
She believes care should feel collaborative, not rushed. That means listening carefully, explaining options clearly, and guiding patients through decisions with honesty and empathy.
Patients often say they leave their visit feeling relieved, not because everything is “fixed” that day, but because they finally understand what’s going on.
Meet Dr. Chrissy
Dr. Chrissy has a way of making complex concerns feel manageable.
Whether she’s working with parents navigating feeding or development questions, or adults dealing with long-standing sleep or jaw issues, her focus is always the same, helping patients feel heard, informed, and supported.
She believes care should feel collaborative, not rushed. That means listening carefully, explaining options clearly, and guiding patients through decisions with honesty and empathy.
Patients often say they leave their visit feeling relieved, not because everything is “fixed” that day, but because they finally understand what’s going on.