Practice Philosophy

Symmetry Modern Dentistry is unique from other dental clinics in its’ theory and approach to treating crowded teeth, TMD, and sleep issues. While many dentists direct their focus on the teeth alone, Dr. Deals' philosophy is to treat each patient with whole-body health in mind. The head and neck are the gateway to life’s most important requirement, air. Thus, it is obvious that a disturbance in this gateway can affect your overall health in numerous ways. Research today has shown that the underlying issues in most orthodontic, TMJ, and sleep cases are dealing with underdeveloped upper jaws. Underdeveloped jaws limit the space behind the jaws which leads us to a diminished airway. At Symmetry Modern Dentistry we recognize that if the patient is able to breathe easier a lot of their health issues tend to diminish or disappear. Our goal is to correct the growth of the patients’ jaws and open their airway to prevent or fix issues like crowding, sleep apnea, or TMJ

Practice Philosophy

Symmetry Modern Dentistry is unique from other dental clinics in its theory and approach to treating crowded teeth, TMD, and sleep issues. While many dentists direct their focus on the teeth alone, Dr. Stephen Deal's  philosophy is to treat each patient with the whole body health in mind. The head and neck are the gateway to life’s most important requirement, air. Thus it is obvious that a disturbance in this gateway can affect your overall health in numerous ways. Research today has shown that the underlying issues in most orthodontic, TMJ, and sleep cases are dealing with underdeveloped upper jaws. Underdeveloped jaws limit the space behind the jaws which leads us to a diminished airway. Dr. Stephen recognizes that if the patient is able to breathe easier a lot of their health issues tend to diminish or disappear. His goal is to correct the growth of the patients jaws and open their airway to prevent or fix issues like crowding, sleep apnea, or TMJ. 

Early Orthodontic Intervention

A large portion of what we do here at Symmetry is focused on guiding the growing face in the right direction. An overwhelming number of children in today’s population develop habits .

Growth Guidance

Growth guidance is so important in our practice philosophy that it deserves a more in depth explanation. Studies show that between 80-85% of humans have an underdeveloped maxilla (top jaw). 

TMD | TMJ

TMJ is a serious and complex condition having to do with the relationship between the teeth, muscles and jaws joints. Unlike other dental conditions, Temporomandibular Joint Disorder or TMJ is not a tooth by tooth problem but a whole body one.  Learn More..

Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is a common disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths while sleeping. Learn More..

Adult Cosmetic Orthodontics

Sometimes adult patients are only interested in straightening their teeth. For this patient, there is a home at Symmetry as well. There are several ways 

Botox and Dysport

At Symmetry we focus on overall facial beauty and not just the teeth. We utilize Dysport and Botox injections as an adjunctive therapy...  Learn More..

The Big Three 

One of the cornerstones of the success of our orthodontics and growth guidance cases lies within the BIG THREE.
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