Airway Prosthodontics and Sleep Dentistry: Prevention to Control
About This Event
This 3-day workshop is designed to equip dental professionals with the knowledge and skills to identify and address airway and sleep issues in their practice. Participants will learn about the impact of airway dysfunction on neurocognitive, systemic, and craniofacial health, and explore various treatment options including physical therapy and sleep appliances. The workshop will also cover the importance of early detection in children and provide hands-on exercises to enhance practical skills. Engage with Spear Faculty and connect with fellow professionals through Spear Talk, your premier members-only forum.
Learning Objectives
- Identification of the airway patient via medical-dental history and craniofacial examination
- How to utilize screening tools to demonstrate the problem and promote health-based dental solutions
- Why the top 10 dental problems found in a restorative practice could be the signs and symptoms of airway restriction
- Contemporary orthodontic, periodontal, and orthognathic techniques that attempt to resolve airway compromises while improving the smile and bite in both children and adults
- Communicating with a team of medical and dental specialists with a special focus on getting tonsils and adenoids removed
- The Seattle Protocol: a staff-directed, systematic approach of customizing the choice of appliance
- Sleep appliance selection, delivery, and management of problems
- Getting paid for sleep appliances without the hassle of medical insurance
- Integration strategies for a general dental practice
- Hands-on Exercises
- Comprehensive airway examination from face to throat. Learning to identify deviations from normal
- Nasal breathing exercise
- Seattle Protocol- all 6 steps including creation of a sleep appliance with an obturator
- AM aligner fabrication to reduce bite changes with sleep appliances
- Pulse oximetry (2 nights)- creating an objective marker for success
- Bite registration techniques for custom sleep appliances
- Determining the best custom sleep appliance for your patient.
Additional Event Information
Target Audience
Dentists
Event Format
In-person
CE Credits
22.5*