Dr. Tim Herre

Far too often, chronic stress, inflammation, and a poorly functioning airway are the basis of many of our modern healthcare problems. For many Americans, our modern healthcare system is set up to monitor or manage a patient’s symptoms versus a holistic approach that aims to treat the root cause of disease. This holistic approach is what Dr. Tim wants for his own family and it is the motivation behind him seeking out training and knowledge to help those seeking similar care sharing the whole body health philosophy.

Dental cavities, ADHD, sleep apnea, obesity, diabetes and hypertension have all become so common in America that most people don’t stop to ask why this is. Why does my child need braces? Why do I have a cavity? Why do I need a machine (CPAP) to sleep at night? These are all modern medical problems we consider to be “normal”. This is not acceptable to Dr. Tim and the team at The Breathe to Thrive Center.

We know what is happening with the health of adults and children; but is it preventable? Dr. Tim believes it is by focusing on the growth and development of our kids. This has become his passion seeing kids early in life starting at the age of 2-3 years, and now even infants. If we are able to give kids the foundation for long term health through guided growth of the jaws and face, room for all the teeth to come in straight, and a large, healthy airway, we may be able to prevent them from becoming adults with sleep apnea, TMJ, obesity, cavities, etc. How is this so? A dentist in the 1930s, Dr. Weston Price, traveled the world and found common characteristics in healthy populations. This is the information that will guide your treatment within The Breath to Thrive Center.

One of Dr. Tim’s goals within The Breathe to Thrive Center is creating a collaborative environment between many health care practitioners. With proper communication between those providing your treatment, the more personalized your treatment will be.

This includes removing mercury fillings with Safe Mercury Amalgam Removal Technique (SMART) and using no metal or toxic products.

Dr. Tim starts seeing kids at age 2-3 for screening for removable growth guides. These are often called habit correctors. Dr. Tim is certified through Healthy Start and Vivos to provide this treatment.

This could be with removable growth guides or palate expanders.

Clear removable aligners or the Damon System fixed braces.

Dr. Tim is the only person in the Kansas City metro area with 1 on 1 surgical tongue tie training with Dr. Soroush Zaghi from The Breathe Institute in Los Angeles.

Airway treatment using sleep appliances, jaw expanders and other non-invasive, innovative treatments like lip taping, nasal breathing Buteyko style exercises, and myofunctional therapy.