A Holistic Approach to Wellness
Dr. Joanna Green takes pride in evaluating each patient’s total health when crafting personalized treatment plans. Clear aligners not only improve smile aesthetics but also contribute to airway health, better breathing, and overall well-being. For adults seeking a comprehensive, non-invasive solution to improve their oral function and health, this innovative treatment provides a natural lifestyle fit, eliminating the need for dietary restrictions or significant recovery time.
Innovative Technology for Enhanced Results
Using cutting-edge brands like Invisalign and SPARK, AFD offers a streamlined and convenient orthodontic solution for adults. The process begins with a detailed evaluation, including digital imaging, to create a custom treatment plan tailored to your unique needs. Each aligner is crafted for optimal fit and comfort, ensuring gradual and effective progress.
Optimizing Arch Form and Function with Clear Aligner Therapy For Adults
Enhancing Total Health with Clear Aligner Therapy
AFD’s Commitment to Comprehensive Care
Dr. Green’s focus extends beyond the aesthetics of your smile to the broader implications of oral health. Clear aligner therapy is an integral part of our total health approach, offering adults the opportunity to improve breathing, oral function, and overall wellness in harmony with their orthodontic goals.
Miniscrew-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion
What Is MARPE?
MARPE is a maxillary expander that is supported by tiny mini screws placed in the upper palate. Unlike traditional expanders that push on the teeth, MARPE’s unique placement in the roof of the mouth creates skeletal changes. This not only increases upper arch width, but also gives more nasal breathing volume and development in the midface. This is why MARPE is often the best non-surgical alternative for adults who previously had no other options.
This Allows
- Expansion for adults and older teens, even after sutures have fused
- Broader smile
- Enhanced nasal airflow
- Alternative to surgery
- Avoids removal of adult teeth
- Can be done simultaneous with Invisalign
Who is MARPE for?
- Narrow palate or collapsed arch
- Chronic mouth breathing
- Nasal obstruction or difficulty breathing through the nose
- Snoring or sleep-disordered breathing
- Bite issues (crossbite, crowding)
- High, vaulted palate
- Tongue-posture issues
- Previously told “You’re too old for expansion”
- Facial tension or asymmetry
- Constricted airway space
Meet Dr. Joanna Green, DDS
Dr. Joanna Green has dedicated over a decade of her clinical practice to optimize growth, breathing, and lifelong wellness. As a general dentist and founder of the Center for Airway and Facial Development (AFD), she provides focused care for both children and adults with airway, sleep, and facial development concerns.
Having treated patients from infancy through adulthood, Dr. Green understands how poor breathing and suboptimal facial growth in childhood can impact health for decades. While early intervention is ideal, many adults were never properly evaluated—or were told their concerns were “normal”—and later experienced orthodontic treatment or extractions that failed to support healthy airway development.
Dr. Green believes in collaborative, patient-centered care and works closely with families and a multidisciplinary healthcare team to create individualized treatment plans. Her mission is to help patients of all ages breathe better, sleep better, and achieve lasting wellness.
Professional Credentials
- Qualified Dentist, American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
- Diplomate, Orofacial Myology
- The Breathe Institute Ambassador
- Member of American Academy of Craniofacial Pain
Ready to Breathe, Sleep, and Live Better?
Whether you’re an adult seeking real airway improvement or a parent searching for the right path forward for your child, Custom 3D MARPE offers a safe, predictable, and modern solution.
