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Live Stream | How the tongue makes or breaks our treatment plans (2024)

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The goal of this lecture is to aid in understanding the tongue’s role in craniofacial development in early childhood and early adolescence and how that plays into (dys)function as adults. Additionally, the audience should learn practical ways to screen for tongue functional concerns, who, how, and why to refer and empower the practitioner to talk to their patients/parents of patients about tongue functional disorders in a way that is easy to understand so that patients will be encouraged to treat the issue.

SKU: LS-HOW-THE-TONGUE-01-19-24 Category:

Description

Presenter: Dr. Danielle Fry
Date: 1/19/2024
Time: 9AM-12PM EST
CE CODES: #550 (4L)

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the role of the tongue in craniofacial development
  • Understand what the tongue should be able to do during mastication and swallowing and what effects on the teeth/jaw/face are seen with dysfunctional movements
  • Learn screening tools for assessing tongue function during examinations
  • Discuss allied health professionals that are used to help restore function
  • Discuss the order in which to do orthopedic interventions and myofunctional therapy
  • Go over prevalence of myofunctional disorders and the role in sleep apnea/sleep disordered breathing
  • Discuss myofunctional therapy as an adjunct to CPAP or other OSA treatment options
  • Discuss the prevalence of OSA and chronic health conditions

CE Codes:

  • #550 (4L)

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