Dr. Erica Zolnierczyk, DMD, Orland Pk, IL | Dentist

About Dr. Erica Zolnierczyk

I came to airway-focused dentistry the long way around — through being a patient first. My first round of orthodontics as a teenager left my airway less than optimal. I just didn’t know it at the time. What I knew, years later in my early thirties, was that I had TMJ pain, headaches, and breathing that never quite felt efficient. I’d built a successful general practice, but I had a body that wasn’t working the way I wanted it to. I found Dr. Ed Lipskis, DDS, MS, an airway-focused orthodontist whose course at The Centre for Integrative Orthodontics had been re-shaping how dentists evaluate adult patients for years. My husband and I both became his patients, and we both expanded our palates as adults. Most adults are told their palate is fixed for life — that what wasn’t expanded as a child stays narrow forever. My husband and I are living proof that isn’t true. The change was real for both of us — less jaw tension, clearer breathing, better sleep — and it shaped how I evaluate every adult patient who sits in my chair wondering whether it’s too late. I started recognizing the same patterns in my own practice: ground-down molars in thirty-year-olds, jaw tension in people who didn’t grind their teeth, kids with crowded arches and dark circles under their eyes whose parents assumed it was screen time. I went deeper into the training, then into Dr. Soroush Zaghi’s functional frenuloplasty work at The Breathe Institute in Los Angeles, then into infant tongue-tie work shadowing Dr. Bobak Ghaheri, an ENT in Portland, Oregon widely respected for his work with breastfeeding-related tongue ties. That’s the lens I bring to every patient who sits in my chair: dental care that pays attention to how well you breathe, sleep, and recover — not just how your teeth look. It’s also why this practice is called Inspire Dental Wellness. Inspirare is Latin for to breathe. The name is the mission.

Popular visit reasons

Bad breath/Halitosis

Bleeding Gums

Bridge

Cracked Tooth Repair

Dental Cleaning

Dental Consultation

Pediatric Dentist Consultation

Root Canal

Bad breath/Halitosis

Bleeding Gums

Bridge

Cracked Tooth Repair

Office location

Inspire Dental Wellness

14512 John Humphrey Dr, Orland Pk, IL 60462

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Education and background

Practice names

Inspire Dental Wellness

Education and training

Dental School - Southern Illinois University, Doctor of Dental Medicine
Loyola University Chicago (Bachelor's)

Professional memberships

American Dental Association
Illinois State Dental Society
Academy of General Dentistry

Languages spoken

English

Provider's gender

Female

NPI number

1932485356

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What practice does Dr. Erica Zolnierczyk work with?

Dr. Erica Zolnierczyk works with Inspire Dental Wellness.

Where is Dr. Erica Zolnierczyk's office located?

Dr. Erica Zolnierczyk's office is located at 14512 John Humphrey Dr, Orland Pk, IL 60462.

What are common reasons for patients to see Dr. Erica Zolnierczyk?

Dr. Erica Zolnierczyk frequently sees patients for Bridge, Dental Cleaning, Dental Consultation, Pediatric Dentist Consultation, and Root Canal. You can see other visit reasons for Dr. Erica Zolnierczyk on their profile.