Tongue Thrusting and Its Treatment
As an orthodontist, Dr. Natalia Valderrama Dougherty maintains a particular interest in the interdisciplinary correction of oral habits. Dr. Natalia Valderrama-Dougherty upholds a commitment to collaboration with speech therapists, ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists, and other professionals whose expertise can contribute to long-term oral-health solutions. Having 25 years of experience in the dental field and 6 years of experience as a registered nurse in the medical-hospital field, Dr. Valderrama Dougherty puts a lot of emphasis in the interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment. "Developing an appropriate treatment plan that is tailored to the patient true needs, requires usually more than one specialty to be completely involved to really treat the root cause of the problem", she states. "Without identifying and diagnosing properly a problem and its cause, one can never treat to the full extend a malocclusion or a dental deformity, more than one person needs
