Xylitol and Airway Health

Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH CEO and Primary Practitioner Primal Air, LLC Academy of Comprehensive Esthetics   Establishing proper nasal breathing is key to optimal airway function. This informative webinar will ...

Does Dementia Begin in Childhood?

Presenter: Lisa Feiner, MBA, M.Ed., Founder of Sharp Again Naturally (SAN) - Recent groundbreaking research offers the possibility that Alzheimer's and dementia can be prevented and reversed. It is not through a miracle drug, but through the identification and treatment of "reversible" causes.

AirwayCentric® Dentistry – ADA and ACP Policy

Presenter: Michael Gelb, DDS, MS, Director, Gelb Center, Co-Founder, AAPMD - Acquire the knowledge to be able to screen, diagnose and treat all patients for airway / sleep problems to better serve your patients and your practice. Learn what is happening today and the responsibilities, requirements and opportunities in dentistry.

Mindfulness in Medicine

Presenter: Mark Abramson, DDS, Assoc. Prof. of Medicine, Stanford Univ. School of Medicine - Mindfulness has been widely incorporated into medical care. Learn the art and practice of mindfulness in dental medicine.

What Cone Beam CT Can Do for You!

Principles and applications of dentistry’s newest and advanced imaging technology. How would your examination, diagnosis and treatment change if you only could see part of the patient? Cone Beam CT ...

William Harrell, DMD 3D Facial Biomarker Detection of Airway Issues

85% of patients suffering with a “hidden” airway problem are not being recognized. Many do not know that their airway and quality of their sleep impacts their health, performance, learning ...

Ron Hruska, PT, MPA Which Side Are You On? The Cervical Revolution

You expanded the dental arches, inserted a well fitted oral appliance for sleep and/or TMJ …. the patient is better ….. but something is still missing. It could be airway ...

Three Simple Steps to Improve the Neurochemistry of Your Patients’ Sleep

Now that you’re excited about fixing your patients’ sleep, are there any patients who are just not responding to your treatments?  How about those patients you’re sure have a sleep ...

Getting Patients to say YES to a Sleep Test – The Psychology Behind Obstructed Perceptions

We hope by now you are screening all your patients for an airway problem, and finding more and more patients with suspected sleep and airway issues. How do you get ...

Medical/Dental Treatments Failures? Uncovering Links to Chronic Inflammation

Lyn Patrick, ND Have you ever had a case where you thought you did everything right yet the the restorations and/or implants failed, chronic gum problems persisted? Or a well ...

Myofunctional Therapy: An Essential Part of All Aspects of Dentistry

Myofunctional therapy has recently been given notoriety with the advent of studies showing that this treatment may help patients with sleep apnea. Years ago, in the 1970’s it was more ...

Sleep Well, Live Well: An at Home Program to Improve Sleep Hygiene to Support In-Office Treatment

Nancy Rothstein, MBA, The Sleep Ambassador® Director of Circadian Corporate Sleep Programs What do you do when a patient says, “Your appliance is not working!!!” What happens when your patient goes ...

Reopening Bicuspid Spaces for Better Airways, Beautiful Faces and Healthier Lives

William M. Hang DDS, MSD Bicuspid spaces can be reopened! Patients can now reverse the far-reaching effects of retraction orthodontics and improve their poor heath from airway / sleep disorders, ...

The DNA Appliance: Remodeling the Airway to Treat Sleep Disorders and Facial Enhancement

Dr. Martha Cortes The DNA ™ system now known as Vivos ™ Life: Appliance therapy for remodeling the Airway as treatment of Sleep Disorders breathing and facial enhancement Simple to ...

Breathing Disordered Sleep…Identifying and Correcting Dysfunctional Daytime Behavioral Patterns

Sandra Coulson, MS, ST, ED, COM Roger Price,  CEO – Respiratory Physiologist Nothing will change if nothing changes.For as long as the medical and dental world focus on identifying and addressing symptoms, ...

US Army’s Dental Sleep Initiative, and How You Can Help

Former Army Captain, Dr. Michael Pagano, DDS will give you an inside perspective on the US Army’s Dental Sleep Medicine Initiative. Come learn essential intel about military culture and the ...

The Tipping Point Children’s Airway Health: The Role of the Dental Team. The Future is Now

No child’s airway problem should remain hidden! Steve Carstensen has organized a landmark roundtable and conference, “Children’s Airway Health: A Practical Guide” that will be hosted by the American Dental ...

Breastfeeding and the Development of the Pediatric Airway

Breastfeeding may be considered the architect of the human airway, as the method of infant feeding both predicts and directs the trajectory of airway development. Learn how you can support ...

Breastfeeding & Airway Development

Breastfeeding may be considered the architect of the human airway, as the method of infant feeding both predicts and directs the trajectory of airway development. Learn how you can support ...

Oventus O2Vent: A New Treatment Modality

In this webinar, Dr. Hart will offer information about new advancements in the management of the airway for sleep apnea, utilizing mandibular advancement with positive expiratory end pressure valves that ...

Take Charge of Your Airway Practice Creating the Practice that is Right For You

Making the commitment to incorporate airway and sleep in your practice will soon become an obligation not a choice. It will involve identification of patients in need: screening, diagnosis, testing, ...

Report on Special Roundtable Summit on Children’s Airway Health

  Dentists, Physicians, and Researchers met at the ADA Headquarters in Chicago, August 23, 2018 in a spirit of collaboration to discuss implementation of the ADA resolution encouraging dental offices ...

Implementing Cybersecurity in Your Practice Protect Patient Data | Protect Your Practice

How safe are your patient records? How safe is the data on your computer? What would you do ifyour data was hacked, stolen or sold?  In 2015, there was a daily ...

Oventus O2Vent: A New Treatment Modality

In this webinar, Dr. Hart will offer information about new advancements in the management of the airway for sleep apnea, utilizing mandibular advancement with positive expiratory end pressure valves that ...

PREVENT!: Identifying, Measuring and Reversing Inflammation

An optimal structural and functioning airway reduces the risk of chronic inflammation (CI). Learn how to measure CI and collaborate with others for better outcomes.   Gina L. Pritchard, MSN, RN, ...

Advancing the Airway Paradigm: Nurses and Hygienists as Airway Advocate Leaders

  Julia Worrall will share her mission to recruit and train nurses and dental hygienists to be leaders in identifying and educating the public and patient about airway problems. No ...

Soft Tissue Dysfunction: The Importance of Early Identification

This webinar will discuss soft tissues, identify expectations for soft tissue function in infants and beyond, explore abnormal development and function that lead to orofacial myofunctional disorders with a focus ...

The Foundation for Airway Health Airway Advocate Program What you need to know! Why you must participate!

This unique webinar shares information about the new Foundation for Airway Health’s Airway Advocate Program and White Flag Events. If you are a healthcare practitioner of any modality, a parent, ...

The Price of A Beautiful Smile

Dentists today possess the skills and technology to offer their patients a beautiful smile with straighter, whiter teeth. At the same time, dentistry is realizing the vital role it must ...

Foundation for Airway Health Airway Advocate Program 2019

Julia Worrall, RN CCRN, Director of Foundation for Airway Health Airway Advocate Workshops   Find out how to become an Airway Advocate and screen for airway / sleep problems.  Change ...

The Treatment of Sleep Apnea with an Implanted Neuro-Stimulator: A Collaborative Approach

Patients with moderate to severe sleep apnea who found CPAP therapy not effective and oral appliance therapy not indicated had only one available option: surgery. Now there is another option ...

Mindfulness in Medicine and Dentistry: Reduce Stress and Improve the Health of Your Patients, Your Staff and Yourself

Understand the practice of mindfulness Learn mindfulness techniques for patient care Become familiar with the science of mindfulness practice and the latest research findings in neuroscience Learn the  use of ...

PREVENT!: A Collaborative Approach to Identifying, Measuring and Reversing Inflammation

An optimal structural and functioning airway reduces the risk of chronic inflammation (CI). Other Oral Systemic issues also contribute to the CI load. In the emerging paradigm, as the dentist ...

A Collaborative Approach to Airway Health: The Orthodontist’s Role

The role and obligation of the dental team is evolving rapidly. These changes will affect practices and patients. Screening for airway / sleep problems will become the standard of care. ...

Become an Airway Advocate: Save a Life, Change a Life – with Julia Worrall

Designed by national experts in the field of Airway and Sleep, this one day, intensive workshop will address the unique challenges you may face incorporating Airway and Sleep in your practice. ...

Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders (SRBD): How to Screen Early and Save Lives

How do you screen for Sleep-Related Disorders? How can you best identify those suffering with SRBD? In this webinar, Dr. Luginbuehl will discuss her Sleep Disorders Inventory for Children (SDIC), ...

Airway Orthodontics: Healthier Children with Beautiful Faces and Smiles

Airway Centric® Orthodontics offers a treatment path beyond a straighter, even smile. Learn what can be done for your current patients and those seeking care for airway /sleep problems, as ...

CBCT-TMJ and Airway: Connecting the Dots

Today technology offers the Airway Practitioner valuable information to better provide optimal collaborative care for the often complex problems patients present. CBCT instrumentation can offer diagnostic insight to airway, TMJ, ...

Breath As Medicine In Airway Related Disorders

Do you understand why the length, depth and pace of our nasal inhale and exhale are so important to our overall health and wellbeing? Discover your “life with breath”. Therapeutic mindful breathing ...

Medical and Dental Treatment Interventions in Pediatric Airway Disorders: Are We Helping Them or Hurting Them?

The impact of SDB on the growth and development of children may have detrimental effects on health, neuropsychological development, quality of life, and economic potential; therefore, sleep disordered breathing (SDB) ...

TMD and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders: Identifying Them in Your Practice

The majority of people with sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBDs) are undiagnosed. SRBDs can lead to hypertension, stroke and heart attack in adults, and behavioral problems in children. There is also ...

Autonomic Regulation and Heart Rate Variability: Instrumentation for Optimal Outcomes and Collaboration

Join this webinar and learn about an effective instrumentation to assist in diagnosis, treatment decision, and predicting outcomes. Our Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) monitors and responds to the multitude of ...

Airway and TMJ: The Hidden Problem and the Great Imposter–Discovery and Treatment

Airway disorders have been called the “Hidden” Airway Problem and TMJ, “The Great Imposter”. Both often occur together, expressed as other conditions in other areas of the body. Recognizing the ...

Mouth-Body-Airway Experts Present Sneak Peek Into Collaboration at Work in: The Functional Oral and Airway Health Summit from AAPMD Collaborative Partner Healthy Mouth Media

Meet the co-founders of Healthy Mouth Media–the creators, producers and hosts of the Functional Oral and Airway Health Summits, AND new collaborative partners with AAPMD, the Foundation for Airway Health, ...

Seeing Is Believing: Creating Website Videos to Tell Your Story

Have a prospective patient meet you even before the first call to the office. Tell your story personalized and quickly, be remembered and attract more visitors. Peter Beckwith, founder and ...

Breastfeeding:The Architect of the Human Airway

Breastfeeding may be considered the architect of the human airway, as the method of infant feeding both predicts and directs the trajectory of airway development. Learn how you can support the ...

Vitamin D: For Airway and Inflammation The Nutrient Every Practitioner Must Measure

Understanding the role of Vitamin D is essential for all healthcare practitioners. Sleep disorders and low Vitamin D levels occur together. Low Vitamin D changes the intestinal microbiome reducing B ...

The Heart Attack Solution: Live a Life of High Performance, Uninterrupted

No more burying your head in the sand. By eliminating YOUR risk, you can take a powerful stand for your patients. The path to prevention of heart attack, stroke, diabetes and ...

The Physical Therapist’s Role in a Collaborative Approach to Airway Health

Airway Centered Disorder (ACD) can involve the nose, mouth and throat, neck, ribs, back, and feet. What area are you treating? What might you be missing? Compensations to breathe can ...

Special O2 Day Webinar – Early Intervention: Recognizing and Treating ACD in Children

The Foundation for Airway Health Global Airway Health Day is October 2, 2019. Join us when Kevin Boyd discusses the importance of early intervention for Airway Centered Disorder (ACD), and ...

Integral Role of the Dental Team to Intercept Sleep Disordered Breathing

This live webinar will tie it all together! Join Dr. Ben Miraglia as he reviews why Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) is epidemic and how integral the dental team is in intercepting ...

The Role of the Dental Team in Collaborative Sleep Medicine:  What to Know, Avoid, and What’s the dentist’s responsibility

If you believe the dentist’s role in sleep medicine ends with the delivery of an oral appliance, this webinar is not for you. For those who want to learn more ...

Airway Orthodontics: The Present State and Future Considerations

Orthodontic treatment can influence growth and development of the face and jaws as well as the airway. Dr. Raphael, conventionally trained in the specialty of orthodontics, discovered the importance of ...

Sleep Disordered Breathing Correlates with your Total Body Health so….. “Treat the Cause”!

Learn: To Recognize the presence of an airway/sleep problem A Comprehensive overview of the physiology, diagnosis, and medical and dental consequences of snoring, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and upper airway ...

Integration of Ozone into an Airway / Oral Systemic Dental Practice
Phil Mollica, DMD

Did you know? OZONE has been shown to have many beneficial uses in a dental practice? Learn how OZONE can be used in the treatment of periodontal disease, infection, endodontic therapy, caries ...

Become an Airway Advocate For Your Practice and Your Community
Julia Worrall, RN

Become an Airway Advocate for the Foundation for Airway Health. Airway Advocates are trained with the information and the communication skills to craft the Foundation’s airway message to individuals and ...

Collaboration Cures 2020: Getting and Staying Healthy in the Present Coronavirus Pandemic and Beyond
Pat McBride, PhD

The content of this webinar has been revised to discuss the concerns of how the Coronavirus will effect our health and our practices. Collaboration Cures is a conference that has ...

RUCHIR SEHRA, MD: DROWZLE: THE FIRST FDA CLEARED MOBILE HST TO ASSESS RISK FOR SDB

It’s believed that 80-85 million Americans suffer from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) . About 80 percent or 18 to 22 million of those adults need treatment but haven’t sought help. ...

SLEEP MEDICINE IN THE AGE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC with Mark Murphy, DDS and Jerald Simmons, MD

8-9 PM EDT Brief COVID-19 Status Update Key Components of the Stimulus Package Leading Through Crisis Managing Financially Through this Pandemic Mark Murphy, DDS, D. ABDSM,  practices Dental Sleep Medicine ...

INTRODUCTION TO MINDFULNESS: RELAXATION, STRESS REDUCTION AND MODULATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Mark Abramson, DDS

This program can help complement care leading to:: Decreased physical and psychological symptoms Increased ability to cope with anxiety and panic disorders Headaches Decreased chronic pain, stressful situations, Improved self-esteem Greater ...

MYTHS and PHYSICS of SURGICAL and DENTAL LASERS
PETER VITRUK, PhD

The use of lasers in dental practice continues to grow significantly and its uses continue to expand: from frenectomies in airway dentistry to periodontal, endodontic, and restorative care as well ...

HEALTHY BREATHING HAS NEVER BEEN MORE RELEVANT: THE ROLE OF ORTHODONTICS IN COMPLETE HEALTH
William M. Hang, DDS

YOUR ROLE IN THE POST PANDEMIC WORLD When the pandemic passes, our world will not be the same. Now is the time to position ourselves and our practice for the ...

eMedTalks Series COVID-19 Update and Followed by Immunomodulation and Mitochondria
Ahvie Herskowitz, MD with Ryan Smith Co-Founder VP of Tailor Made Compounding

Ahvie Herskowitz, MD ACAM Pres. Anatara Medicine Founder Ryan Smith Co-Founder VP of Tailor Made Compounding We invite you to join us for a live webinar from our eMedTalks Series. ...

Telemedicine During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Crystal May, Co-Founder, COO, Devdent

Are you currently utilizing telemedicine to stay in contact with patients and consult and care for them? Barriers and resistance to telemedicine have disappeared with this pandemic. Telemedicine is here ...

Weekly Update: Coronavirus News, Treatments, Supporting Your Immune System, and More
Ahvie Herskowitz, MD with Howard HIndin, DDS

Ahvie Herskowitz, MD – President of ACAM with Howard Hindin, DDS – President of AAPMD Introducing a new weekly webinar. Join us each week as Dr. Herskowitz presents the latest ...

Nasal Breathing Summit
Soroush Zaghi, John Walker, Rosalba Courtney, Patrick McKeown, Joe Magness, Peter Catalano, Ronald Krueger, Sherry Sami, Sanda Valcu-Pinkerton…. and others

Nasal Breathing is healthier, supports facial growth and development and orthodontic success, produces nitric oxide, fights bacteria and viruses, and more. Join a panel of international experts for three hours ...

Pediatric Airway Focus: Collaborations Yield Resolutions
Duane Grummons, DDS, MSD; David McIntosh, MBBS, FRACS, PhD; Dennis Garcia

The coronavirus pandemic has closed or limited care for airway/sleep patients, even through the health effects of these problems can be viewed as an epidemic, How are airway patients being ...

AAPMD Liaisons: Creating Collaboration Cures Virtual Study Clubs
With Leyli Norouz and AAPMD Liaisons

Leyli Norouz, Chad Knutsen and AAPMD Liaisons AAPMD Liaisons are creating groups of interdisciplinary practitioners in their community to network, learn, and provide collaborate care for optimal outcomes. They will ...

Part One – Clifford S. Yurman, MBA: Patient Loyalty In the Era Of COVID-19 Strategies for Success Part Two – Peter Beckwith, MBA: The Next Thing to Being There — Creating Website Videos To Tell Your Story

Part One: 8-9 PM ET Patient Loyalty in the Era of COVID-19 – Strategies for Success Clifford S. Yurman, MBA President, Media Consulting Services Your office has been closed, except in ...

Ahvie Herskowitz, MD Coronavirus Update: Navigating the Present and Being Protected for the Future

Special Event  E-Med Talk Presented by ACAM and Anatara Medicine A webinar for all practitioners and the public Ahvie Herskowitz, MD President, ACAM and Anatara Founder 1 CE Credit to ...

Your Life + Your Practice After COVID-19: A Guide for Success
Ben Waldman, Susan Maples, Michael Goldberg

Ben Waldman COVID-19: Government Policies and Programs, Navigating the System Susan Maples Value Base Rehiring: Reopening your Office with a Re-energized , Motivated Staff Richard Goldberg Implementation: You Know What ...

Periodontal Disease, Heart Disease and COVID-19
Doug Thompson, DDS

Periodontal Disease, Heart Disease and COVID-19 Learn the Link!       Know Your Role! Doug Thompson, DDS Founder of Wellness Dental Network Deaths and severe complications from COVID are being ...

OROFACIAL MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY
KIMBERLY BENKERT, RDH

This webinar provides a comprehensive evidence-based didactic and clinical learning experience presenting philosophies, principles, and insight into the specialty treatment area of Orofacial Myology as practiced on a global basis. ...

LEARN HOW TO BUILD THE MEDICAL / DENTAL / PATIENT PARTNERSHIP
DIPESH SITARAM, DDS

How to optimize patient outcomes AND maximize referrals by actively partnering with the medical providers in your community. The goal of the webinar is to show attendees exactly how to ...

A Systematic Approach to Treatment of the Entire Airway Building On Mandibular Repositioning
Mark Abramson, DDS

This webinar will show how the uniqueness of our human evolution for upright posture and speech has lead to both TMD and OSA and how the OASYS has been designed ...

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT: Implementing Interdisciplinary Concepts Associated with Forward Locomotor Movement
RON HRUSKA, PT

This webinar discussion will outline how the body is moved forward during forward locomotor effort and how this effort influences and auto-regulates nasopharynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx and larynx airflow. Three questions ...

CBD: THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM
KATHLEEN CARSON, DDS

The World Health Organization recently announced that CBD may have health benefits for patients and has no potential for abuse. CBD does not have any mind altering effects and does ...

I GOT MY PPP MONEY! NOW WHAT?
DAN WICKER, CPA

A few weeks ago, practitioners were confused and racing to figure out ways to find financial support for their practices and office teams, Now that many have received funding and ...

THE VITAMIN D COVID – SLEEP – AIRWAY -IMMUNE CONNECTION>STASHA GOMINAK, MD

Dr. Gominak grew up and attended college in California, moved to Houston for medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, where she received an MD degree in 1983. Her Neurology ...

REOPENING READINESS>PAT MCBRIDE, SUSAN MAPLES, JEFF HINDIN, RALPH COZZOLINO, STEVE CARSTENSEN, MICHAEL GELB

Infection Control, PPE, Patient Procedures & Protocols, Sleep and Oral Systemic Care in the  Post Pandemic World When you open the doors to return to your practice it will be ...

NICOLE ARCHAMBAULT BESSONS and LINDA D’ONOFRIO

PART I NICOLE ARCHAMBAULT BESSON Sleep and Autism PART II LINDA D’ONOFRIO An OMT Home Program: How to Support a Family When Direct Therapy is Impossible Nicole Archambault is an ...

Ahvie Herskowitz, MD Coronavirus Impact On Your Life and Health

​​​​​ACAM and AAPMD Collaboration Cures Webinar This webinar will be discussing recent updates in the global pandemic caused by Coronavirus and offer valuable insight on how it relates to you. ...

Pneumopedics®: Introduction to Non-Surgical Upper Airway Remodeling
DAVE SINGH, DMD

Sleep disordered breathing ranges from upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and is a serious medical condition in both children and adults, adversely affecting the upper ...

Current Perspectives on Losses and Gains in Connection to COVID-19
HEATHER SERVATY-SEIB, PhD

Servaty-Seib’s research team has developed the gain/loss framework as a way of conceptualizing the unique impact of specific life events.  They argue that impact can be assessed through determining the ...

BITE REGISTRATIONS for ORAL APPLIANCE THERAPY
JOHN TUCKER, DMD

Obtaining the proper bite registration for oral appliance therapy is critical for treatment.  Join us for this webinar as Dr. Tucker discusses the idiosyncrasies of obtaining a starting treatment position ...

Lisa Feiner and Nancy Weiser

Practitioners and Healthcare providers are often frustrated when their patients and clients don’t get well. Reasons vary from not understanding, remembering or following through with recommendations to lack of time and ...

OPTIMAL CARE FOR COMPLEX CONDITIONS: COLLABORATION BETWEEN INTEGRATIVE MD AND HEALTH COACH
STEVEN BOCK, MD + SUSAN LEVIN, CHC

Healthcare practitioners and patients are often frustrated when expected outcomes are not met. Reasons vary from not getting all the information from the patient or previous treating practitioners, or not understanding, ...

CBD: THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM
KATHLEEN CARSON, DDS

The World Health Organization recently announced that CBD may have health benefits for patients and has no potential for abuse. CBD does not have any mind altering effects and does ...

BREATH THE NEW SCIENCE OF A LOST ART
JAMES NESTOR, AUTHOR

Science journalist James Nestor, and author of the newly-released book, Breath, explores how making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance, rejuvenate internal organs, halt ...

UNDERSTANDING ORAL DYSFUNCTION STARTS BEFOR BIRTH LAWRENCE KOTLOW, DDS

The tongue should be part of any differential diagnosis or assessment in infants and toddlers presenting with a variety of medical problems, Traditional dental and medical school training teaches us ...

MASKS, WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR…. A PULMONOLOGIST’S VIEW OF MASKS, BREATHING AND CARBON DIOXIDE TOXICITY DEEPAK SHRIVASTAVA, MD

You have reopened your office and procured the necessary N95 masks. You and your staff are safe and protected. Maybe or maybe not. Practitioners have reported symptoms ranging from headache ...

HYDRATION: SUPPORTING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND RESTORING HEALTH DANA COHEN, MD

Dehydration affects most of us and our patients. During this pandemic, dehydration increases with long hours of wearing masks and other PPE. Join us for this webinar and learn about ...

Ahvie Herskowitz, MD eMedTalks: Making Sense of COVID-19: ​​​​​​​What We Know and Need to Know to Move Forward

​​​ACAM and AAPMD Collaboration Cures Webinar This is the fifth in an ongoing series by Dr. Herskowitz bringing you the latest information about the coronavirus, safeguards, treatments as well as the ...

Mild Malocclusions Are Maybe Not So Mild
Kevin Boyd, DDS + Darius Loghmanee, MD, FAAP, FAASM

At the present time, children under 6 years old (fewer than 71 months) diagnosed with early childhood malocclusion (ECM) with sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD) comorbidities (severe-early childhood malocclusion/s-ECM), are seldom collaboratively served by allied healthcare professionals ...

HOME SLEEP TESTING DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC – Edward Sall, MD, DDS, MBA

The COVID Pandemic has disrupted our lives and practices. At a time when there is a greater need for the recognition and treatment of airway / sleep disorders, there is ...

ENDEAVOR, LAUREN BALLINGER, DDS

What is Endeavor? The dental team treating children can be the first to uncover sleep, breathing and nutritional disorders. Yet, still only a small percentage of practitioners are screening for ...

AAPMD Liaisons: Creating Collaboration Cures Virtual Study Clubs
With Leyli Norouz and AAPMD Liaisons

Leyli Norouz, Chad Knutsen and AAPMD Liaisons THE AAPMD LIAISONS ARE GROWING IN NUMBERS AND REACHING AND DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE STUDY GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD. THIS IS THE MODEL FOR THE ...

MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY: HAS IT REACHED A TIPPING POINT TO BECOME A FIELD OF MEDICINE?
Joy Moeller, Marc Moeller + Samantha Weaver

Myofunctional Therapy: Has it Reached a Tipping Point to Become a Field of Medicine? Marc Richard Moeller, Managing Director of the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (AOMT) www.aomtinfo.org), and Executive ...

Ahvie Herskowitz, MD + President of ACAM — COVID: A GUIDE FOR PROTECTING OUR HEALTH IN THE COMING WINTER

The season is changing, COVID cases are on the rise. Last Friday Pres. Trump tested positive and was flown to the hospital for care. Dr. Herskowitz will bring you the ...

FINDING + FITTING THE RIGHT MASK: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO PROVIDING PROTECTION + COMFORT
JESSE CHANG, FOUNDER, CEO MY MASK MOVEMENT + STANLEY YUNG-CHUAN LIU, MD, DDS, FACS

Protection, comfort, and availability are important features in PPE masks. Many practitioners have difficulty obtaining a tight seal and many masks prevent glasses from fogging. In addition, disruptions in the ...

Recognizing, Diagnosing and Treating the Under 6
Kevin Boyd, DDS + The Endeavor Group

The first signs of airway, oral dysfunction, and malocclusion start early in life and are often unrecognized. ENDEAVOR is a newly formed group of pediatric dentists passionately dedicated to raise ...

How Screening for SDB Can Change A Life
Marianna Evans, DMD : Endeavor Pediatric Airway Case Study II – Connecting the Dots – Leader in Pediatric Airway Care

HOW SCREENING FOR SDB CAN CHANGE A LIFE 3 YEAR OLD WITH RECURRENT FEVER IS CURED WHEN HIS SLEEP PROBLEM IS RECOGNIZED AND TREATED In this webinar we will share ...

Integrating Biofield Therapies for Airway Health
Heather Carr, DPT, PRC

This cutting-edge webinar will explore a new domain for many- biofield therapies and how they can impact all dimensions of our health. This webinar will do the following: Define biofield ...

Airway Focused Dentistry: To Thrive or Survive
Lisa Baines, DDS : Endeavor Pediatric Airway Case Study III – Connecting the Dots – Leader in Pediatric Airway Care

Learn from a general dentist, who shifted the focus and direction of her practice to airway. Discover how a family health challenge started her journey into the airway “rabbit hole”. ...

RED FLAGS OF PEDIATRIC AIRWAY: Looking Beyond the Teeth
Carla Damon, DDS + Loria Nahatis, DDS

Join us for the Pediatric Series #4 Dental providers are quick to identify dental decay and examine teeth under the microscope but often overlook the supporting structures that can clue ...

NASAL BREATHING: The Key to Restorative Sleep and Health
Bahar Esmaili, DDS

The answer to a better night’s sleep and better health may be right under your nose. In this webinar, Dr. Esmaili will discuss the the important role of nasal breathing. ...

VISION & AIRWAY: A Perfect Storm Impacting Health, Learning & Performance
Randy Schulman, M.S., O.D., F.C.O.V.D.

Learn how a hidden vision problem may result in poor treatment results and failure. Dr. Schulman lectures extensively on behavioral optometry topics such as vision in the classroom, vision and ...

ADA Meeting: Task Force Report on Screening for Pediatric Airway / Sleep Disorders
Steve Carstensen, DDS

In early April a task force committee will present pediatric sleep screening forms to the ADA. This task force created by Dr. Carstensen has worked for over a year to ...

AAPMD PT WEBINAR Connecting the Dots: Airway, Forward Head Posture and Pelvic Floor Disorders
Jennifer Poulin, PT, PRC

This webinar will discuss the implications of proper pelvic floor strength and position on forward head posture and airway disorders. Did you know that the incidence of neck pain and pelvic ...

MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY WEBINAR – Beyond Wound Care: The Importance of Neuromuscular Re-Education from the SLP’s Perspective
Lori Overland, MS, CCC, C/NDT, CLC /FOM + Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP/COM

There is a better understanding within the fields of medicine and dentistry,  lactation, speech-pathology, occupational and physical  therapies that functional assessment and treatment are critical for optimal lingual, buccal and labial frena ...

CHILDREN: MISSED, DISMISSED & MISDIAGNOSED
Sharon Moore, SLP

Signs and symptoms of airway problems in young children are visible but frequently missed, dismissed, even misdiagnosed by both parents and professionals, in the name of ‘expected childhood ailments’ or ...

AN ENDEAVOUR PANEL FORUM: ORTHODONTIC SCREENING + TREATMENT FOR THE UNDER 71 MONTH CHILD – DRS. BARRY RAPHAEL, KEVIN BOYD, BILL HANG, MARIANNA EVANS

For the past 5 months you have heard exciting and informative webinars from Endeavour, the pediatric airway section of the AAPMD. This month is your opportunity to hear from a ...

THE NOSE KNOWS: NASAL FUNCTION AND RESISTANCE
Karen Davidson, DHA, MSA, MEd., MSN, RN

UPDATE ON AIRWAY RESEARCH from THE BREATHE OUTLOOK
Soroush Zaghi, MD and Other Researchers

Research in the Airway Field has been lacking – till now. Soroush Zaghi and The Breath Institute are collaborating with the Foundation for Airway Health and the AAPMD and their ...

OPTIMIZING AIRWAY VS THE STANDARD OF CARE – MUST WE CHOOSE?
WILLIAM HANG, DDS

Ronald Harper, PhD, UCLA Neurobiologist, has MRIs documenting irreversible brain damage in children under age 6 with just one night of reduced oxygen saturation secondary to apneic events. The late Dr. Christian Guilleminault, ...

ORTHOPEDIC STABILITY IN AIRWAY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING
TIM HERRE, DDS

When screening and diagnosing for airway dysfunction, skeletal growth, orthodontic treatment, tongue ties, etc, it’s important to evaluate the position and stability of the skeleton, TMJ and occlusion.  A proper treatment ...

AN AAPMD ENDEAVOUR PEDIATRIC SECTION WEBINAR – CREATING AN AIRWAY FOCUSED PEDIATRIC DENTAL PRACTICE: OVERCOMING CHALLENGES + OBSTACLES – DRS. LAUREN BALLINGER, KEVIN BOYD, LORIA NAHATIS, CARLA DAMON

There are millions of children throughout the world suffering with an unrecognized airway problem. How is your practice addressing this need? Join us at this Endeavour Webinar as 4 of ...

INTEGRATIVE DENTAL MEDICINE: THE NEXT GREAT FRONTIER
DEWITT WILKERSON, DMD + LORA HOOPER, BSDH, RDH, EFDA

Integrative Dental Medicine: The Next Great Frontier “For the times, they are a-changin,'” wrote Bob Dylan in the 60’s, during a time of great turmoil in the U.S. The same ...

Physical Therapy Management of the Cranium, TMJ, and Airway
Steve Warfel II, PT, DPT, MTC, FFMT, FAAOMPT

 The cranium and TMJ are among the most complex regions of the body. When dysfunction arises symptoms present as cervical pain, complex headaches or disturbance of the airway.  Both of these diagnoses ...

AAPMD LIAISONS CoLAB
Liaisons Sharing Successes and Challenges

2021 has been a transformation year. The global pandemic has changed the way people around the world view their health and safety. As more look for information and guidance as ...

How to Go From Fixer of Teeth to Trusted Advisor
MARY OSBORNE

Dental school taught you how to fix teeth. Now you realize that more is possible. Through diagnosing and treating airway issues you know you can change the trajectory of the ...

FINANCIAL DECISIONS DENTISTS MUST GET RIGHT: Flipping Uncertainty into Security
Mason Stern, CPA

The volatility and confusion surrounding the last few years have impacted every business, including dental practices. This webinar offers an opportunity to flip today’s uncertainty into a roadmap for future ...

WHOLE BODY IMPACT ON AIRWAY
PETER COPPOLA, PT

This webinar will discuss ways in which the airway can be affected by the whole body, including how posture and visceral tensions can change cervical and breathing functions. Visceral Manipulation ...

CREATING AND GROWING A COLLABORATIVE AIRWAY PRACTICE
JERALD SIMMONS, MD

What is the best treatment for an airway sleep patient? The physician / CPAP, dentist / OAT, physical therapist / posture, myofunctional therapy, breathing training, diet and supplements … or ...

COVID PANDEMIC COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE for Practitioners and the Public: Invite Your Team & Your Patients
AHVIE HERSKOWITZ, MD – President, ACAM

Dr. Ahvie Herskowitz will summarize our current status in terms of regional burdens of hospitalizations, vaccine/booster updates and adverse events, a review of immune mechanisms involved post-viral autoimmunity, long COVID ...

ENDEAVOUR PEDIATRIC WEBINAR – Putting Kids in the Driver’s Seat on their Own Health Journey
Susan Maples, DDS, MSBA

How hands-on learning creates indelible lessons to help kids grow an extraordinary health-span. You will learn: How to create real health literacy for children by engaging in evidence-based science experiences ...

The Airway Physical Therapy Report: From Patient Intake to Marketing Tool
LENORE MORRISSEY, MPT, DPT, OCS, CFC

The role of the physical therapist as part of a multi-disciplinary airway team is best communicated through a precise document that focuses on patient baselines, function, and goals.  The “Cranio-Fascial Functional” ...

SPECIAL AAPMD ORTHODONTIC WEBINAR – Facemask Protraction Applications
DUANE GRUMMONS, DDS, MSD, ABO

Treat “earlier.” It is better to shape the child’s developing facial structures for best physiologic airway than to repair or manage them as adults. Let’s copy nature in her fundamental ...

AAPMD ENDEAVOUR PEDIATRIC SECTION WEBINAR: An ENT Perspective to Dysfunctional Breathing / Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children
Jeevanan Jahendran, MD, ENT

A big picture perspective from an ENT point of view to what contributes to the development of dysfunctional breathing in children and how to bring about an integrative approach in ...

AAPMD PHYSICAL THERAPY SECTION WEBINAR: Inspiring Breathing Related Evaluation and Treatment of the Thoracic Region for Collaborative Airway Management
Jane Lucas, PT, DPT, BFR, CFMT, FAAOMPT

Dr. Arthur Clifton Guyton, considered one of the father’s of modern medicine, said, “All chronic pain, suffering, and diseases are caused by a lack of oxygen at the cell level.” ...

SPECIAL AAPMD ORTHODONTIC WEBINAR – Facemask Protraction Applications PART II
DUANE GRUMMONS, DDS, MSD, ABO

Dr. Grummons had more information than time allowed in his January 26, 2022 webinar! So he is continuing the conversation in Part II Treat “earlier.” It is better to shape ...

SBD During Pregnancy: Intervention and Maternal and Fetal Health Outcome
STEVE LAMBERG, DDS

Ample evidence exists showing Sleep Related Breathing Disorders or SRBD have a negative impact on maternal and fetal outcomes.  A growing body of evidence reveals therapeutic intervention directed at SRBD ...

AAPMD SPECIAL WEBINAR: Creating a Personal & Customized Digital Marketing Toolbox to Attract Airway Qualified Parents & Patients
Peter Beckwith, President, MAD ROSE MEDIA

Why practitioners should worry about digital marketing… It’s 2022. The marketing landscape has changed dramatically. A website alone isn’t enough to attract qualified patients.  SEO campaigns in the airway space ...

PT Webinar – THE FASCIA CONNECTION: TOES TO TONGUE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
Valerie Sinkus, PT

This webinar will discuss the anatomy and important functions of the different layers of fascia in the human body. structural tensegrity, neuro feedback, link to the dura and the craniosacral ...

The Health Coach / Doctor Collaborative Approach to Chronic Disease
SUSAN LEVIN, CHC + RHETT BERGERON, MD

What does  A medical Detective do when she is diagnosed with Metastatic Ovarian Cancer?   “A  Medical Detective and Her Doctor Have a Conversation.”   3 Learning Objectives:  If you do ...

EXPAND YOUR COMMUNITY: AAPMD LIAISON COLAB WEBINAR
Howard Hindin, Brad Gilden, Leyli Norouz-Knutsen, Chad Knutsen, Renata Neheme

Spring 2022 AAPMD / Liaison CoLAB Meeting presented by TBI with the Airway Circle Like previous CoLABs we will highlight building interdisciplinary teams: key points to collaboration, news from different ...

EXPAND YOUR CARING: AAPMD SPECIAL WEBINAR – Social Justice Section – How You Can Make an Airway Difference for All in Need
Pat McBride, PhD, CCSH

Join us for the introduction to the new AAPMD Social Justice Section. Sleep Disorders affect 50-70 million in the US alone 70% adults report poor sleep at least once a ...

There Is No Panacea For Treating The Upper Airway. New Approaches To Manage OSA
Jerald Simmons, MD

There are multiple factors that can lead to deficiencies of the upper airway resulting in OSA. Therefore, one treatment approach does not work well for all affected patients. This lecture ...

AAPMD SPECIAL ENDEAVOUR WEBINAR: Toddlers in the Crosshairs
Robert Lustig, MD & Kevin Boyd, DDS

Sugar overconsumption in children often results in early childhood caries (ECC) and early childhood overweight (ECO). Three new diseases now also afflict children. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) was unheard of before 1980: now it ...

Airway & Orthodontics: Past, Present & Future
Bill Hang, DDS, MSD

The future is ripe with opportunities for dentists and orthodontists to do much more for our patients, our practices and the overall health and wellness of our communities. Bill will ...

Collaborative Cures For Women – Unlocking the Secrets of False Healthcare
Richard Seymour, DDS

Women double & triple men in 30 life altering neurological disorders of the BRAIN. FALSE HEALTHCARE FOR WOMEN is leaving thousands of internal daily/nightly assaults on the Chief Sensory Nerve ...

Sneak Peek at AAPMD Collaboration Cures Physical Therapy and Myofunctional Therapy Combined Tract September 15-18 in Phoenix, AZ
Brad Gilden, PT, DPT + Nicole Archambault, CCC-SLP

The Leaders of the Physical Therapy & the Myofunctional Therapy Sections of the AAPMD have created a joint program for Collaboration Cures 2022. Get a preview of this exciting program ...

Restoring Sleep Airway Health as a Gateway to Wellness
Stanley Yung Liu, MD, DDS

Sleep surgery really should be about restoring missed milestones during airway growth and development, followed by re-training of nasal breathing and pharyngeal dilator muscle strength. 3 learning objectives: To understand ...

Craniosacral Fascial Therapy – The Gillespie Approach
Holly Steflik, LMT + Kim Sherlock, LMT

“The Missing Piece for Optimal Cranio-Dental-Airway Treatment, Development and Well-Being” This webinar is an informational opportunity to share the modality known as Craniosacral Fascial Therapy with dental professionals. It is ...

Snoring and Sleep Difficulties in Children – Not Always OSA
Jim Papadopoulos, MBBS, Dip. Paed. FRACP

Learning objectives Understand the health burden of snoring and sleep difficulties in children Understand the symptoms, signs and tests which help us evaluate snoring and sleep difficulties in children Understand ...

Practical Information for Promoting Sleep Health
Catherine (Katie) Siengsukon, PT, PhD

Sleep is essential for proper functioning of the body and is therefore a critical component of optimal health. Sleep disruptions occur in 1/3 of the US population and frequently occur ...

AAPMD Social Justice Section + Foundation for Airway Health: A Panel Discussion on Breastfeeding, Growth & Development
Pat McBride, PhD; Kevin Boyd, DDS; Marissa Yahil, MSOT, OTR/L, CBS, IBCLC

Join Us – Invite your patients, mothers and mothers to be. The current formula shortage is occurring at the same time breastfeeding rates are falling. Not every mother can breast ...

AAPMD, The Breathe Institute, & Airway Circle Present AAPMD Liaison Section Summer CoLAB:The Role of the Myofunctional Therapist in a Collaborative Therapy
Leyli Norouz-Knutsen, Chad Knutsen, Renata Nehme

Renata Nehme and a group of practitioner panelists will present this interactive discussion for all AAPMD Liaison and those desiring to become Liaisons and lead a multidisciplinary group in their ...

Birth, Airway, TMD and Cranial Osteopathy
Tasha Turzo-Moore, DO

Integrative tongue function is critical to optimize facial growth and development. The growth of the face in an anterior/inferior direction from the cranial base creates a space, called “Airway,” between ...

CBCT for Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Disorders
Dale A. Miles BA, DDS, MS FRCD(C) Dip. ABOMR, Dip. ABOM

Problems of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses are very common and dentists will encounter them frequently. Sinonasal problems are precisely depicted on CBCT scans, if you know where to ...

Airway and Sleep Dysfunction: The Complex Path to Intracranial Hypertension and CSF Leak Taken by those with Hypermobility and Dysautonomia. AKA: Spiky-Leaky Syndrome
Andrew J. Maxwell, M.D. FACC

This webinar describes an increasingly recognized group of patients who appear to have a combination of genetic vulnerability for chronic inflammation, such as might occur from chronic environmental toxin exposure, ...

AAPMD Special Webinar: Live O2: A Revolutionary Method to Breathe Deep and Feel Well
David Chamblee, Exec. Trainer

Yet another way to connect the dots for better airway health. David will discuss a method of exercising with high concentration of oxygen that reduces inflammation and and increases cellular ...

Headspace: The Story of How an Epic Fail Defined an Education Engineering Problem that Resulted in the Creation of the Most Unusual Patient Handbook in History
David E. McCarty, MD, FAASM

Patient-centered Educational Curriculum Learning Objectives: To introduce the concept that patients suffer in unique and colorful ways when they do not understand their disease To introduce the notion that education ...

The Relationship Between the Airway and Scoliosis: How are they connected?
Lisa C. Mangino, PT, DPT, PCS, C/NDT, PRC, SBS-C2 + Molly Miller, PT, DPT, SBS-C2

THREE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  Define and illustrate the structural features of idiopathic scoliosis  Recognize the inherent human asymmetrical patterns of the thorax and pelvis.  Understand the relationship between curvature of the ...

Building A Collaborative Practice With a Focus on Tongue Ties
Brynn Leroux, DDS

This webinar will discuss the following: – Importance of multidisciplinary collaboration in the diagnosis and treatment of TOTS – Building your multidisciplinary team Dr. Brynn Leroux is a graduate of ...

Find Scientific Evidences: Functional & Physiologic Effects of Nasomaxillary Skeletal Expansion
AUDREY YOON, DDS

Most current dental treatments for sleep disordered breathing focus on changing the anatomy to increase the airway volume without understanding pathophysiology. Currently, palatal expansion treatment is still criticized for having ...

Introduction to a Special 7-part Series on Digital Marketing
PETER BECKWITH, MBA

Peter Beckwith is the President and Co-founder of Mad Rose Media.  Mad Rose is a full-service digital marketing agency focused exclusively on clinicians and companies who have an “airway awareness” and/or ...

Physical Therapist’s Overview of TMD, Headache and Cervical Pain
MICHAEL KAREGEANNES, PT

This presentation will provide an overview of the physical therapists and other health professionals’ role in understanding, evaluating and treating patients who suffer from TMD, facial pain, headaches and cervical ...

Special 6-part Series on Digital Marketing
PETER BECKWITH, MBA

Beginning September 22 and airing each Thursday @ 9 PM EDT through October 20th. Final Webinar with case studies on November 17th EST One registration for all 6 webinars September ...

Endeavour Section: The Tongue and Tots
Lawrence Kotlow, DDS

The Tongue requires proper function and mobility. Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment require correctly identifying those tethered oral tissues (TOTS) that function without problems and those that are restrictive (RTOT) and ...

Combating the Main Problem in Pediatric Growth and Development
STEPHEN DEAL, DDS

Objectives will be to discover: The main problem plaguing balanced facial growth ·Goals of Early Growth Guidance Treatment ·Treatment protocols to re-establish a balanced growth pattern utilizing a removable appliance ...

Physical Therapy Section: Management of the acute closed lock temporomandibular joint patient secondary to macro- trauma
BILL ESSER, MS, PT, CCTT

The techniques used to unlock and splint acute disruption of the temporomandibular joint secondary to macro trauma in children and adults are presented. 3 learning objectives Gain a better understanding ...

AAPMD FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE SECTION: HERBAL MEDICINE FOR ORAL SYSTEMIC HEALTH
Oscar Sierra, L.Ac., R.H. (AHG)

Learn how to employ inexpensive, accessible, safe & effective herbal interventions in the management & treatment of oral & systemic health issues. There will also be an intro into traditional ...

COLLABORATION CURES Presents PROTECTING & RESTORING BRAIN HEALTH
Dale Bredesen, MD; Howard Hindin, DDS; Chip Whitney, MD; Susan Maples, DDS; Jack Kall, DMD; Geralyn Beers, RDH

The leaders of IAOMT, AAOSH, and AAPMD, partners in Collaboration Cures 2023, join with Dr. Dale Bredesen, researcher and author of The End of Alzheimer’s, Apollo Health and the Bredesen Protocol ...

PALATE EXPANSION FOR THE UNDER 6s: EXPANDING THE FOUNDATION FOR BETTER SLEEP, FUNCTION, AND HEALTHSPAN
Shereen Lim, DDS

Two years ago, the Endeavour group inspired me to commence palate expansion in children as young as three years. I look forward to sharing my experience so far with palate ...

The AAPMD PHYSICAL THERAPY SECTION – THE TRIGEMINAL CERVICAL COMPLEX: THROUGH A MANUAL THERAPY LENS
Garrett Petry, PT, DPT, CFMT, FFMT, FAAOMPT

The Trigeminal Cervical Complex (TCC) is an innate physiological system which plays a primary role in processing integration of sensory and motor function within the cranio-cervical region.This webinar will provide ...

Quarterly CoLAB Meeting of AAPMD Liaisons

Join us for this interactive webinar led by Stacey Larkin, the new administrator of the AAPMD LIAISONS. She, Leyli Norouz -Knutsen, Chad Knutsen, Renata Nehme and other LIAISONS from across ...

RESTORATION OF NASAL BREATHING IS THE KEY TO REVERSING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING
Peter Catalano, MD, FACS, FARS

This webinar will demonstrate why we focus on the restoration of nasal breathing to correct the symptoms of SDB, and how a collaborative effort with orthodontists, dentists, and myofunctional therapists ...

MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY IS REACHING A TIPPING POINT: UPDATE ON OMT FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Marc Moeller, Dir. AOMT

Check back for updated webinar information.   1 CE credit available to AAPMD members   REGISTER/INFO

AAPMD ENDEAVOUR WEBINAR: My lifelong oral development program
Hidehiro Abe, DDS

The nutritional status of the fetus during pregnancy has a great effect on the oral condition immediately after delivery. In addition, it is necessary to set the masticatory and swallowing ...

The Myths and Physics of Soft Tissue Surgical Lasers – Frenectomies and Beyond
Peter Vitruk, PhD

A good surgical laser for cutting soft tissue must be able to vaporize soft tissue, while at the same time efficiently coagulating surgical margins. Not all laser wavelengths are suitable ...

AAPMD PHYSICAL THERAPY SECTION WEBINAR:The Neural- Autonomic- Adrenal Axis and the Inflammatory Process: Restoring Immune System Homeostasis
Cheryl Wardlaw, PT, MMSc, CFMT

Dysregulation of the Immune System plays a key role in auto-immune disorders and the state of chronic inflammation. Clinically, chronic inflammation complicates the management of numerous patient diagnoses and symptoms. ...

AAPMD FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE WEBINAR – Myofunctional treatments, Airway and Eating – What are we missing?
Pejman Katiraei, DO

Metabolic errors can significantly impact myofunctional and airway problems. Learning objectives: 1)    Understand how metabolic errors can impact muscles of mastication and myofunctional disorders. 2)    Understand how to identify the subtle signs ...

IDENTIFYING & TREATING TOXICITY IN A COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
Griffin Cole, DDS

We are surrounded by external and internal toxins that damage our health today and in the future. Griffin Cole, DDS, and program chairman of the IAOMT offers this webinar to ...

How to become the best advocate for patients with sleep disturbances
Jerald Simmons, MD

Objectives of this webinar: The approach of taking a sleep history Understand different causes for excessive daytime sleepiness Types and causes for Insomnia Different types of sleep testing and when ...

LIAISON MEETING Invitation Only The Cure in Collaboration Cures Stacey Larkin, RDH; AAPMD LIAISONS; Susan Levin, CHC

Collaboration is the focus of Collaboration Cures and AAPMD Liaisons. As a LIAISON, you learn what practitioners do and who, how and where to connect to bring about optimal patient ...

AAPMD ENDEAVOUR WEBINAR – Vitamin D Deficiency and the Pediatric Sleep Patient: Could my cranky toddler have Rickets? Could my teenager with insomnia have Rickets?
Stasha Gominak, MD

New brain science discoveries show that sleep is entrained to our planet’s annual cycle by sunlight producing vitamin D on our skin, allowing us to sleep longer and gain weight ...

THE HUMAN BEHIND HYPERMOBILITY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE HYPERMOBILE PATIENT
Elizabeth Arnold Cells, PT, DPT, CFMT, CSCS

There has been an increased awareness and interest in connective tissue disorders involving systemic hypermobility, particularly Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD).This webinar will give an introductory overview ...

AAPMD HEALTHCARE INEQUITIES WEBINAR – WOMEN: AIRWAY & CRANIO-FACIAL PAIN
Pat McBride, PhD + Richard Seymour, DDS

Dr. Pat McBride, Executive Director of the Foundation for Airway Health and the Leader of the Healthcare Inequities Community of the AAPMD, will be joined by Richard Seymour, DDS; Glennine ...

What is Airway Orthodontics? An Overview with Q&A
Kevin Adair, DDS + Brian Hockel, DDS

Can orthodontics have an impact on the airway? If so, can it be for both good or harm? Kevin Adair and Brian Hockel share their experiences and introduce theory and ...

Integrative Team Approach to Airway, TMJ, Orthodontics + Whole-Body Wellness
Katherine Ahn Wallace, DDS with Melissa Nealy, IBCLC, Doula, Student Midwife and Tim Adams, DDS

With so many philosophies, techniques and tools available, where do we begin? How do we integrate our care with myofunctional therapists, SLPs, IBCLCs, OTs, PTs, DCs, CFTs & Sleep MDs? ...

CREATING A SUCCESSFUL AND SAFE AIRWAY PRACTICE – PART 1
Jerald Simmons, MD; William Harrell, DMD; Joseph Yousefian, DMD

Screening, diagnosing and treating airway, sleep and breathing problems can heal and change lives. Some cases are straight forward and easy while others are difficult and complex. Knowing who you ...

CREATING A SUCCESSFUL AND SAFE AIRWAY PRACTICE – Part 2 – Risk Management for Expansion Type Appliances
Ken Berley, DDS, DABDSM

In Part 1, leading practitioners share steps you should take for success. In this webinar Dr. Ken Berley, dentist and attorney, will offer information on steps you must take to ...

SPRING CoLAB The Breathe Institute Research Publication Webinar: “Does Head and Neck Posture Affect CBCT Assessment of the Upper Airway?”—Key Points and Discussion with the Authors
Dr. Soroush Zaghi, MD and Kevin Coppelson, DDS, MD

The research article is provided open-access courtesy of The Foundation for Airway Health and Beam Readers. Please download and review the article prior to attending the seminar. https://www.joms.org/article/S0278-2391(23)00102-7/fulltext Radiographic imaging ...

The Crossroads of Restorative Dentistry and Medicine is Sleep Related Breathing Disorders (SRBE). How do you get there?
Steve Lamberg, DDS DABDSM

This unique talk has been organized to help clinicians “connect the dots” between SRBD and oral health and total body health. Course Objectives: Considerations all dentists need to know when ...

AAPMD ENDEAVOUR WEBINAR – Q and A for the recent Vitamin D Deficiency and the Pediatric Sleep Patient Webinar
Stasha Gominak, MD

Bring your questions! Dr Gominak will bring the answers! At Dr. Gominak’s last webinar there were so many unanswered questions that we decided to devote an entire webinar to your ...

Comparing Mechanisms and Applications of Two Breathing Training Approaches- The Buteyko and Wim Hof Methods
Rosalba Courtney, ND, DO, PhD

This lecture looks at the differences as well as similarities and clinical application of these breathing methods to specific types of patients. Both the Buteyko and the Wim Hof methods ...

Addressing Online Crime and Personal Information Protection for Healthcare Providers
Sal Rodas, MBA

In a connected world, keeping your patients and your personal information safe is essential. This course will familiarize healthcare providers with the common types of scams they may encounter online, ...

Growing into Breathing Problems: The Quest for Collaborative Lifetime Solutions
William (Bil) Harrell, Jr, DMD; C.DSM; ABO

Breathing is the most important function for human survival. We can survive without food or water for a few days or weeks, but we cannot survive very long without breathing. ...

Jaw Position and Sensory Input to Nervous System
Dwight Jennings, DDS, MICCMO

Jaw misalignment causes major sensory input into the brain that has been shown to induce a broad spectrum of pathology. Research through bite destruction in animals reflects what happens in ...

Physiologic Dentistry: Airway, Sleep, TMJ and Restorative Dentistry
Jeffrey Hindin, DDS and John Tucker, DMD

This course is designed to help Dentists approach various aspects of dentistry affected by airway issues. Doctors Hindin and Tucker will present a unique way of practicing dentistry based on ...

Special Physical Therapy Webinar: The Effect of Posture on the Dual Functionality of the Diaphragm
Vicky Saliba Johnson, PT, FFFMT, FAAOMPT

Inefficient postures contribute to shortening and neuromuscular dysfunction of the diaphragm, impairing both breathing and core activation.  This webinar will present a simple system which can guide clinicians in their ...

VITAMIN C – ROLES, FUNCTIONS, AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS IN DENTISTRY – FROM MITIGATING ORAL PATHOGENS TO PRE AND POST SURGICAL PROTOCOLS
Lior Sher, JD

This webinar will discuss the following: What is Vitamin C?  Is it a Vitamin, Essential Nutrient, or a Stress Hormone? Why do we need it? What is Vitamin C capable ...