How to care for your Pillow…
Sleepless in Headgear…
The boy in the picture is my youngest son
Ethan and the story begins when he started wearing braces
and headgear. Ethan is not a complainer by nature so
when he had problems sleeping with his headgear
I didn’t know about it until he
started falling asleep in school. He tried everything to get some relief including
sleeping on a Nerf™ football.
Nothing worked-nothing except removing his headgear.
He finally asked me to make him something to help him sleep. I started with an old king
size pillow,
tore it apart and resewed it with a large hole through it. After a few
alterations the pillow became smaller
in size and the hole became a slot which
accommodated Ethan’s headgear and cheek.
And to my amazement, it worked!
Every morning Ethan would wake still wearing his headgear after a good night’s
rest. But a new problem arose
…Ethan had friends who also had dental problems. He felt
sorry for them so he started lending them his pillow.
I felt it was not sanitary and that
was when the pillowcase was developed.
After extensive research, I realized there were no pillows quite like ours. I contacted
a patent attorney,
did some more research and applied for a patent.
I am currently introducing the pillow to orthodontists in hopes they will recommend it
to their patients.
After all, Kids deserve a good night’s sleep too!
Paula Emery, Inventor of Open Spaces Pillows.
P.S. By the way, we did get the patent and have sold it to Ortho Kinetics!
From the people of Open Spaces...
We know that everyone has different sleeping habits. But it is our
sincere hope that this unique pillow
will help your child adjust to their new program of
treatment. It seems to work best in helping face down
and side sleepers adjust to their headgear. Back sleepers do not get much relief from this device.
Again, thank you for trying our pillow!
Please let your orthodontist know this pillow helped your child so they may referr others to us.
Open Spaces Pillows are exclusively available from Open Spaces at www.openspaces.com
and www.orthokineticscorp.com