WMDDS – Grand Rapids,MI -Live Event – Breathe Well, Sleep Tight: Integrating Practices for Sleep-Disordered Breathing and OSA from Cradle to Grave

Join Susan for an all day event at the beautiful Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan as she speaks on one of her favorite topics. CE Credits: 7

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Supporting healthy airways have become the dentists’privilege and responsibility! It’s true that for every 100 Americans, 26 will have Obstructive Sleep Apnea and only 4 know it. But it doesn’t start with OSA. There is usually a progression from healthy breathing to OSA that includes many factions of disordered breathing, midface insufficiency and muscle incoordination. Learn to recognize risk factors, screen, diagnose and treat breathing disorders from infancy to elderly. Your patients’ health depends on it. The disease implications of oxygen-starved and sleep-deprived conditions include cognitive dysfunction, ADHD, depression, anxiety, heart disease, acid reflux, obesity,erectile dysfunction and more.

YOU WILL LEARN TO:

Effectively screen for SDB and OSA in patients from newborn to elderly
Differentiate from physical signs and reported symptoms
Set up clear communication strategies for interdisciplinary care with appropriate medical professionals
Advise a CPAP or mandibular advancement device, orthodontics or corrective surgery
Intervene for babies and toddlers to predict and preempt SBD/OSA
Approach new advances in habit correction and interceptive orthotropis/orthodontics
Recognize the role of tissue restrictions such as tongue ties and how to correct them
Weave in the critical role of the oral myofunctional therapist toward lasting solutions