Dr. James Thomas is a pediatric dentist by training and a puzzle master by experience. A self-proclaimed systems thinker, he’s always looking at how the parts connect to the whole. Over the decade of seeing patients and listening to families sharing the same stories at his former pediatric dental practice, Everyone By One, he realized that many of the problems he was treating were oral dysfunctions related to tongue restriction.

“Form follows function,” he said. “The tongue–and breastfeeding–are the architects of the airway and work together to expand the palatal arch. It can decrease dental crowding and forms our midface from 0-6 years old.”