About Alpine Airway Wellness
Health beyond smiles.
We are an airway-focused, whole-person dental practice in Alpine, Utah. We look at how you breathe, how you sleep, how your face has grown and how your jaw works — because those things rarely stay in separate boxes.
WHY WE PRACTICE THIS WAY
The same findings kept pointing somewhere else.
Worn teeth, a narrow arch, a child who cannot keep their lips together, an adult who wakes tired every morning — treated one at a time, these look like unrelated dental findings. Looked at together, they often describe the same story about breathing and growth.
That is what shaped this practice. Rather than repairing the consequences in isolation, we spend the time to understand what is producing them, and we say clearly which parts are dental, which are medical, and which are simply worth watching.
Our philosophy
We believe dentistry should look beyond the teeth — at the airway, the growth of the face, the quality of sleep and the function of the whole system — and treat the person those things belong to.
BREATHE BETTER. SLEEP BETTER. THRIVE.
Our vision
Health beyond Smiles
At Alpine Airway Wellness, we foster a calm, healing environment where patients feel seen, heard, and empowered to take charge of their health. We transform lives through compassionate, airway-centered dentistry that honors the whole body. Our mission is to help children and adults breathe, sleep, and thrive using innovative therapies - from early expansion and myofunctional therapy to laser treatments, regenerative care, and advanced solutions for TMJ pain and sleep concerns. By addressing root causes and restoring natural balance, we inspire lifelong wellness - because we believe in health beyond smiles.
Our approach
Four things that hold together.
01
Look at the whole person
Teeth sit inside a face, a jaw, an airway and a nervous system. We evaluate the whole picture rather than isolating one finding at a time.
02
Understand before treating
A clear explanation of what we see — and what we do not yet know — comes before any recommendation. Sometimes the honest answer is that no treatment is needed here.
03
Choose the least intervention that works
We favour conservative, reversible steps where they are reasonable, and we say plainly when something more involved is the better path.
04
Work alongside other clinicians
Diagnosis of medical conditions belongs with physicians. We screen, we educate, we treat within our scope, and we refer without hesitation.
Collaboration
We are one part of the picture.
Airway and sleep questions cross disciplines. Medical diagnosis stays with physicians, and prescribed therapy stays with the clinician who prescribed it. With your permission, we share findings so the plan holds together instead of running in parallel.
Contact Our Office- Physicians and pediatricians
- Sleep medicine
- ENT
- Orthodontists
- Oral surgeons
- Myofunctional therapists
- Physical therapists and bodyworkers
- Mental-health clinicians
The experience
What a visit here feels like.
Unhurried, plain-spoken, and built around your questions — for every member of the family.
Time to explain
Appointments are built around conversation, not just chair time. You should leave knowing what we saw and why it matters.
Nothing rushed
We would rather sequence care over time than push a large plan at a first visit.
Questions welcome
Including the sceptical ones. If something does not make sense, ask — that is the point of the appointment.
Family-aware
Patterns often run through a household. Parents frequently recognise their own history in a child’s evaluation.
Innovation with purpose
Tools serve the evaluation, not the marketing.
We use technology where it genuinely adds information or comfort, and we are candid about what any given tool can and cannot tell us.
Imaging and records
Diagnostic records support the conversation. They inform an evaluation; they do not replace clinical judgement.
Home sleep screening
Screening identifies patterns that may warrant medical evaluation. It is not a diagnosis.
Laser therapy
Used selectively within our scope, for indications discussed individually at a consultation.
Functional appliances and orthotics
Selected appliance therapy where it is appropriate, always alongside the wider plan rather than instead of it.
Our doctors
The people you will actually see.
Dr. Brittany Johansen
Dr. Brittany leads the practice’s airway-focused care for children and adults, with particular attention to craniofacial growth and development, sleep-disordered breathing, functional orthodontics and myofunctional therapy.
Dr. Ryan Hart
Dr. Ryan focuses on TMJ and adult sleep and airway care, with a conservative, sequenced approach to jaw pain, appliance therapy and collaboration with medical colleagues.
Continuing education
This field keeps moving.
Airway-focused dentistry sits at the edge of several disciplines, and the evidence continues to develop. Our doctors pursue ongoing postgraduate education in craniofacial growth and development, sleep-disordered breathing, functional orthodontics, myofunctional therapy and TMJ care, and we try to hold new ideas to the same standard we hold old ones.
In patients’ words
What people tell us afterwards.
If you are looking for someone to treat the “whole person” from a very comprehensive approach… this is your dentist! … For the first time in 5 years I am not locking, clicking, or constantly in pain.
We love Dr Brittany and her team! They have done amazing work with our daughter who had issues with sleep, swallowing, over jet, and headaches… is sleeping better, less headaches, and is overall happier.
This experience has both helped my sleep apnea and snoring. I feel they are very accommodating on my busy work schedule and always have great advice to help me feel supported.
Come and ask your questions.
We are on Main Street in Alpine, Utah. A consultation is a conversation first — about what you have noticed, what it might mean, and what would sensibly come next.