Dr Levi's Suggested Reading

Discover how airway health can unlock your child's greater health, learning, and potential.

​Did you know that the way a child breathes will impact every aspect of their development including their sleep quality, learning, behaviour, jaw and facial development, speech, and future health?

Between 20-30% of the population experience problems with either falling asleep or staying asleep. The reasons are many and varied - from anxiety to sleep apnoea or poor sleep hygiene (such as the overuse of technology or too many wines before bed).

Short-term effects of too little sleep include changes in mood: we feel tired, cranky, depressed, unmotivated, indecisive and unable to process information. 

We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis, and this has profound consequences - on our health, our job performance, our relationships and our happiness.In this book, Arianna Huffington boldly asserts that what is needed is nothing short of a sleep revolution. Only by renewing our relationship with sleep can we take back control of our lives.

Exposing the myths about breastfeeding and healing the heartbreak to make breastfeeding a joy.

" As a parent who has had two children with tongue and lip ties, and as a clinician who has seen many patients struggling with the effects of both, it's been hard to find comprehensive, thorough and easy to understand information on tongue and lip ties. This book is an excellent resource for dentists, obstetrician-gynecologists, midwives, lactation consultants, pediatricians and parents who are looking for more information about how tongue/lip ties affect breastfeeding, speech, dental development and overall pediatric health. Dr. Kotlow has put it all into one convenient place!"

-Heather Lane, CNM, MSN

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the novel concepts of pneumopedics and craniofacial epigenetics. Clinically, these mechanisms are delivered through biomimetic oral appliance therapy. The text, therefore, covers both genetics and epigenetics of craniofacial development, as well as growth and development of the craniofacial architecture.

Kids often suffer unknowingly from the consequences of sleep problems because their issue is frequently missed or dismissed, by both health professionals and parents. Sleep disorders are a major public health issue that can kick start a lifetime pattern of health, behaviour, and learning problems. From ages 4-10, at least 25 percent of kids have sleep problems. Sleep Wrecked Kids guides parents towards good sleep as the norm, allowing themselves and their children to grow and thrive.

Many people believe the less sleep you get, the more productive you are. Sleeping Your Way to the Top debunks that myth and shows that sleep and success go hand in hand. This groundbreaking study presents compelling new research and the latest clinically proven techniques for getting quality rest, achieving maximum productivity, and overcoming common sleep impediments to enhance your career. Featuring sidebars, charts, and illustrations, this book finally takes the stigma out of sleep.

Early Sirens is the first book ever to offer critical health warning signs long before sleep apnea so you can take proactive steps to head of CPAP mask and sleep apnea's many complications: heart attack, Alzheimer's brain, acid reflux, chronic pain, fatigue, stroke, high blood pressure, and more.In this sequel to his ground-breaking Six-Foot Tiger, Three-Foot Cage, Dr. Felix Liao has connected the dots of snoring, teeth grinding, jaw clicking, neck-shoulder-back pain, chronic fatigue, root-canals, and one medical and/or dental trouble after another, into a coherent WholeHealth explanation for sleep apnea - by linking poor sleep to choked airway to impaired mouth structures.

Now you can take charge of your natural health and immunity without feeling like a sitting duck in the face of killer diseases. Here comes the GPS that every mouth owner-operator has always needed but never had — until now. Are you putting up with high blood pressure, pot belly, diabetes, teeth grinding, double chin, chronic pain, and fatigue? Your mouth can sabotage your health without your knowledge. A structurally sound mouth sensibly used can turbocharge your energy, sleep, and innate immunity naturally.

'Who would have thought something as simple as changing the way we breathe could be so revolutionary for our health, from snoring to allergies to immunity? A fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations' Dr Rangan Chatterjee.

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Sleep is fundamental to our health and wellbeing. In this guide to improving your sleep quality by adapting your environment and routines, you’ll discover how you can establish healthy sleep habits that best fit your life!

International sleep expert Dr Katharina Lederle draws on the latest research to explore how sleep is connected to each of the three pillars of healthy and successful living: physical health, cognitive performance, and emotional wellbeing. As these pillars are interconnected, if one is weakened through poor sleep, our overall health can easily be undermined.

Healthful sleep has been empirically proven to be the single most important factor in predicting longevity, more influential than diet, exercise, or heredity. And yet we are a sleep-sick society, ignorant of the facts of sleep--and the price of sleep deprivation. 

Your Snore is a cry for Help If you think sleeping poorly at night just means feeling tired the next day, you're in for quite an awakening. Sleep apnea--the most severe type of sleep-disordered breathing--is a major cause of a multitude of health issues and diseases, stemming from a lack of oxygen in the bloodstream. Fortunately, this problem may be easily solved with help from...your dentist? - That's right. In Stop the Snore! Dental Solutions for Healthy Sleep, Dr. Gene Sambataro, DDS--a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine--delves into the world of dentistry and oral health care that can lessen or prevent sleep apnea.

How to Sleep Well is a guidebook that can change your sleep and help you live your life more fully. Whether you struggle to fall asleep, sleep too lightly, wake too often or simply cannot wake up, this book can help you get on track to sleeping well and living better. It all starts with the science of sleep: how much you really need, what your body does during sleep and the causes behind many common sleep problems. 

Getting a good night's sleep has become a losing battle for you. You've tried all the routines, supplements, pills, and therapies out there. You've wondered whether something might really be wrong, like sleep apnea or sleep deprivation. And you know when you put your head on the pillow at night, you have hours of tossing, turning, anxiety ahead of you. 

Dental Management of Sleep Disorders focuses on the dentist’s role in treating patients with sleep problems, chiefly sleep disordered breathing and bruxism. A practical clinical book, Dental Management of Sleep Disorders highlights the background to these problems, discusses the dentist’s role in their diagnosis and treatment, and outlines clinical strategies and guidance. The book features a full discussion of the use of appliances, an overview of current treatment modalities, and investigates the relationship of sleep disorders to dental and orofacial causes.

The Airway Centric® Model prevents Airway-Centered Disorders, Sleep-Disordered Breathing to maintain mental and physical health. Learn how to recognize and correct Airway-Centered Disorders, Sleep-Disordered Breathing. Gasp is about our airway, breathing and sleep. Problems can start at birth. Many premature babies are mouth breathers. A poorly structured and functioning airway leads to mouth breathing, snoring and sleep apnea; it can interfere with restorative sleep and ultimately damage the part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, which controls executive function skills, attentiveness, anxiety and depression. 

Once in a while, a book comes along that changes how you think, feel, and act every day.
In Eat Move Sleep, #1 New York Times bestselling author Tom Rath delivers a book that will improve your health for years to come. While Tom’s bestsellers on strengths and well-being have already inspired more than 5 million people in the last decade, Eat Move Sleep reveals his greatest passion and expertise.

There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also difficulties with breathing. Jaws will change your life. Every parent should read this book.

Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences- every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong links to deficient sleep. In this book, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. 

So, you want to know what it will take to assure your child will grow up to become a healthy and happy young adult in today's world? Dr. Susan Maples, a dentist and passionate pediatric health educator, finally cracks the code on the most critical contemporary elements, and she passionately delivers the recipe.

Maybe you're stressed out and tired, and have put on a little weight. Or you have persistent pain you and your doctor can't explain. Man or woman, you may be fighting fluctuating hormone levels. Or maybe you snore like a freight train. Anything that narrows the throat and interrupts sleep, particularly breathing problems brought on by sleep position, illness, life changes, or your anatomy, may be key to understanding a host of common health issues. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Steven Park outlines a simple, rational explanation for what's making you sick, and provides guidance for treatment options that address specific health problems.

One third of our lives are spent trying to sleep. Most us have disturbed, restless nights and rely on a cocktail of caffeine and sugar to drag us through the day. Yet the hours we spend in bed shape our mood, motivation and decision-making skills - defining our performance in work, at home and while keeping fit.

We need a new approach to sleep.

In his search for answers as to why Native Americans had such strong constitutions, longer and more trouble-free lifespans, and none of the normal handicaps of their more "civilized" counterparts, American painter and historian George Catlin drew a direct link between the "closed-mouth" sleeping practices of the "Indians," as he called them, and their superior constitutions and health.

Can’t sleep? Who better to deliver the recipe for a peaceful night based on groundbreaking sleep science than the bestselling author of The Fast 800, The Clever Guts Diet and The 8-week Blood Sugar Diet.
A good night’s sleep is essential for a healthy brain and body. So why do so many of us struggle to sleep well?
In Fast Asleep, Dr Michael Mosley explains what happens when we sleep, what triggers common sleep problems and why standard advice rarely works.

Everything you need to know about baby-led weaning - the latest buzz in parenting circles - from leading health visitor Gill Rapley and Tracey Murkett

The fully updated and revised edition of Baby-led Weaning is a practical and authoritative guide to introducing solid food, enabling your child to grow up a happy and confident eater. It shows parents why baby-led weaning makes sense and gives them the confidence to trust their baby's natural skills and instincts.