Jul. 24–26
Thursday, 1–5 p.m.
Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Convene 311 W Monroe
Downtown, Chicago
CE credits: 14
Course Description
As a dental professional, you know how compromised children’s breathing occurs and what can be done to alleviate its harmful effects. The structural contributions to respiratory problems are easy for you to see, and you can plan treatments to address those needs. However, what isn’t as clear for you is how to talk to patients and parents, your team, colleagues and the public about how important this subject is, why what you recommend is vital to the child’s health span and how to get patients’ families to act on your recommendations.
ADA Children’s Airway Event will help you gain vital communication skills to address all aspects of breathing issues you see in your clinic. Through the cases presented, you will enhance your clinical skills as well as understand how they were originally presented and the obstacles that were overcome for eventual success.
Learning Objectives
- Develop communication skills: Enhance your ability to effectively explain the importance of breathing issues and treatment recommendations to patients, parents, colleagues and the public, emphasizing their connections to a child’s long-term health outcomes.
- Integrate clinical and communication practices: Apply case-based learning to refine both clinical assessment of respiratory issues and strategies for overcoming communication challenges encountered with diverse audiences.
- Build collaborative approaches: Strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration by learning to convey critical insights about structural respiratory problems and treatment plans to team members and colleagues in a clear and persuasive manner.
Recommended for dentists and their teams.
Dr. Carstensen has treated sleep apnea and snoring in Bellevue, WA since 1998. He’s the consultant to the ADA for sleep related breathing disorders and heads the ADA’s Children’s Airway Initiative. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. He lectures internationally, directs sleep education at Airway Technologies and the Pankey Institute and is a guest lecturer at Spear Education and Louisiana State Dental School, in addition to advising several other sleep-related manufacturers.
Dr. Ballinger is a board-certified pediatric dentist, a certified specialist in orofacial myology and owner of Good to Grow Airway Pediatric Dentistry.
Dr. Boyd is a board-certified pediatric dentist in Chicago. He teaches in the pediatric dentistry residency training program at Lurie Children’s Hospital and also serves as a dental consultant to the Lurie Sleep Medicine service.
Dr. Evans is the founder of Infinity Dental Specialists, an interdisciplinary practice focusing on orofacial development, periodontal and airway health. Dr. Evans divides her time between her busy practice, teaching and conducting research on the relationship between oral and systemic health.
Dr. Hale is a clinical advocate for VIVOS Therapeutics and works with dentists to develop clinical protocols for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and sleep-disordered breathing. She is the chief clinical officer for The Airway Dentist, on the faculty of the Dental Success Network and a founder and chief dental officer for Toothpillow.
Dr. Hobson treats patients at the Hobson Institute in Chicago. She has manual therapy, cranio-facial and trigger point dry needling certifications, as well as a Doctorate in physical therapy. Dr. Hobson is also trained in myofunctional therapy, GOPex, Uplock Maneuver and breathing re-training. She is also a certified educator of Buteyko Breathing method.
Dr. Lustig is one of the leaders of the current anti-sugar movement that is changing the food industry. He is the author of the popular books Fat Chance, The Hacking of the American Mind and Metabolical.
Dr. Nahatis is a board-certified pediatric dentist and is co-founder of Beyond Pediatric Dentistry in Dallas, and her focus in pediatric dentistry is optimal craniofacial health, growth and development.
Samantha is a therapist and the director of the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (AOMT), whose curriculum leads the area of myofunctional therapy