About

Who Am I?

A Few Words About Me

hello. I’m Lauren, I’m a dentist, and I’m on a health journey that has brought me to the creation of Whole Mouth Health.

After a lot of moves, years of practicing dentistry, having issues finding help for my own children with sleep breathing disorders, and struggling myself with both chronic TMJ and neck and shoulder pain, I walked away from practicing general dentistry.

An Unusual Journey

Not many dentists walk away from being a dentist. It takes a lot of school and a lot of money to become one. After discovering I myself had an undiagnosed tongue tie that was the source of a lot of my chronic pain, I am very passionate about helping others in the same situation. As both a dentist and myofunctional therapist, I am able to coordinate with an amazing network of like minded providers I’ve worked with through the years to ensure my clients get high quality healthcare.

As a myofunctional therapist, I’ve been able to work with some of the best in this field, training with Myomentor, the Buteyko clinic, Myomunchee, ALF InterFACE Academy, Healthy Start, the Academy for Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy, and the Clinical Foundation for Orthopedics & Orthodontics.

Unique Experience

While a practicing dentist, I gained unique experience in an airway centered dental practice that allowed me to treat patients with TMJ disorder and children with craniofacial growth deficiencies. When seeing these patients as a therapist, I have unique insight into the full picture of treatment these patients need.

What is myofunctional therapy?

Myofunctional therapy addresses improper function of face and mouth muscles. Through the use of targeted exercises, the therapy aims to retrain dysfunctional patterns of the orofacial muscles to achieve four goals: