What can TMD have to do with airway?

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Why you should get a CBCT for evaluating airway problems

CBCT’s can be helpful not only for evaluating the temporomandibular joints and looking at the cortex and integrity of the bone and joint spacing, but also for airway.
Three new courses on airway and integrative dental medicine

The Dawson Academy has added three new courses in its Airway and Integrative Dental Medicine curriculum: “Airway & Breathing Related Disorders – Evaluation, Diagnosis & Treatment,” Dentistry’s Next Frontier: Integrated Dental Medicine,” and “Total Health Dentistry for Successful Restorative Private Practice.”
Optimal Airway Allows Us to Thrive

Download this free whitepaper by Dr. Joseph Gaudio. In this piece
Airway and Dawson Dentistry through the eyes of an Orthodontist

Dr. Richard Roblee is an airway-focused orthodontist that practices in Fayetteville, AR. Dr. Roblee is one of our featured speakers at the 2020 International Airway Symposium. He is also the author of Interdisciplinary Dentofacial Therapy: A comprehensive Approach to Optimal Patient Care. Kelley Richardson, our Airway Curriculum Liaison, sat down with him to discuss his […]
Airway + Dawson Dentistry through the eyes of an Orthodontist (Part 2)

This article is a continuation from an interview with Dr. Richard Roblee, a featured speaker at the 2020 International Airway Symposium. For Part 1, click here. We continue our conversation with Dr. Roblee on his overall philosophy and how airway now fits into his busy orthodontic practice.
Treatment Options for Adult Patients with Airway Problems

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Why should dentistry focus on airway disorders?

Treating airway disorders is important because it is our primary physiologic function, we can’t go without air for very long! It takes about 3 minutes or so without air to start a cascade of events brought on by our automatic/autonomic nervous system to keep us alive. It’s the sympathetic response commonly known as the “fight […]
Tongue Ties, Restricted Fascia and Mouth Breathing

Consequences of these conditions explained by a leading expert, physician and researcher in nasal obstruction, snoring and sleep disordered breathing. Soroush Zaghi, MD, graduated from Harvard Medical School, completed residency in ENT (Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery) at UCLA, and Sleep Surgery Fellowship at Stanford University. He is active in clinical research with over 60+ […]
Sleep fragmentation: a leading factor of anxiety, depression, TMD?

Dr. Mark Cruz, a leading airway dentist in Dana Point, CA, sheds light on how sleep fragmentation, disordered breathing and inflammation can be an underlying factor in many seemingly unrelated common symptoms that undermine health and wellness. As a featured speaker at the 2020 Dawson Academy Airway Symposium in January, he spoke with our Airway […]
Sleep Disordered Breathing and the Effects on Children

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Course Preview: The Critical Connection: Airway, Inflammation and TMD

Why do our patients brux, wear their teeth, have sore muscles, headaches, malocclusions, periodontal disease, abfractions and gastric reflux? Let’s take a medical look at the world of Dentistry for answers! Learning Objectives: