Course Description – An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding and Implementing Airway and Sleep Disordered Breathing Protocols

Sept 25-26, 2020

Day 1

-        Airway disorders and sleep disordered breathing – introduction, health concerns from a Public Health perspective

-       Anatomy and physiology of the airway

-       Genetic and epigenetic factors in airway and craniofacial development

-       Introduction of the System for managing airway patients

-       Structure , function and behavior as root causes of airway dysfunction

-       Patient Screening introduced

-       Data collection – medical metrics, clinical exam, clinical photography, and cone beam CT scan, digital intraoral scanning

-       Interpretation of data collection

-       Training of high resolution pulse oximeter

-       Demonstration of scanner

-       Introduction to diagnosis  of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Upper airway Resistance Syndrome

Day 2

-        Diagnosing cases

-       Review of data from high resolution pulse oximeters.

-       Oral Appliance therapy introduced

-       Analog impression techniques for oral appliance therapy

-       Digital scanning for oral appliance therapy (live demo)

-       Review of myofunctional therapy and functional appliances

-       Building a network of providers for our airway patients.

-       Review of sleep and health

-       Case presentations and reviews.

-       Adjunctive therapies.