Airway and Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Integrating Myofunctional Protocols

– Overview of the ADA’s 2017 proposal
– The importance of airway screening in dental practice
– Key signs of sleep-related breathing issues in children
– Screening techniques to detect early airway disorders
– The role of the tongue in overall oral health
– Impact of tongue function on sleep and breathing
– Overview of parasomnias associated with airway issues
– Strategies for diagnosing and managing these sleep disorders
– Techniques to improve tongue posture and function
– Practical exercises and interventions to guide tongue development.

Recommended for: Functional dentists, Pediatric dentists, General dentists.

– The role of the nose in filtering, humidifying, and regulating air
– Functional mechanics of breathing in children
– Difference between nasal and mouth breathing
– The reasons why children may start mouth breathing
– Long-term consequences of undiagnosed mouth breathing
– The impact of mouth breathing on craniofacial development
– The connection between mouth breathing and sleep disturbances
– The link between mouth breathing, allergies, and asthma.

Recommended for: Functional dentists, Pediatric dentists, General dentists.

– A comprehensive exploration of what constitutes TMD disorder in relation to:

- Airway
- TMJ orthopedics
- Breathing function
- Body posture.

– The rule of 3 B: breathing, balance, brain
– The concept of forces and reflexes that control the position of the mandible
– Body posture and its role in mandibular functions
– Examination of the effect of the neck on mandibular function
– The relationship between nasal breathing and mandibular position
– TMD as a whole-body disorder and not an isolated dysfunction.

Recommended for: Functional dentists, Pediatric dentists, General dentists.

– Distinction between breathing and respiration
– Relationship between occlusal patterns, facial features, and postural distortion
– Orthopedic and physiological compensations resulting from misaligned skull bones and concurrent postural distortions
– Reciprocal Tension Membrane and its correlation with orthopedic alignment and physiology
– Facial distortion in relation to dysfunctional breathing
– Craniofacial distortions as indicators of the body’s survival mechanisms and their impact on growth potential.

Recommended for: Functional dentists, Pediatric dentists, General dentists.