Registration Information
Instructors: DeWitt Wilkerson, DMD
Target Audience: General Dentists
Cost: $4,700
About the course:
Through hands-on instruction by Dr. Witt Wilkerson, Resident Expert of Integrative Dental Medicine and immediate past President of AAOSH, you will gain an understanding of the critical role of airway obstructions and disordered breathing when proper treatment planning. Manifestations may include signs and symptoms such as dental malocclusions, bruxism, tongue-tie, GERD, attention deficit, poor sleep, sleep apnea, daytime fatigue, TMD and morning headaches. Every patient, regardless of age, should be assessed for the presence of potential airway problems. Positive findings should initiate definitive protocols for management and resolution.
This workshop will enable the dentist to develop specific clinical guidelines for evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of Airway & Breathing Related Disorders. Participants will learn how to examine and test patients, along with phase one management options. Phase two management options, which may include arch expansion and reorganization of the dental occlusion, following the Dawson Principles will be explored.
What you will learn:
Read home sleep tests
Interpret CBCT assessment of airway
Effectively use oral appliance therapy
Recognize signs and symptoms of airway disordered breathing
Understand the critical role of airway obstructions and disordered breathing in treatment planning.
Develop specific guidelines for evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of Airway & Breathing related disorders.
Identify definitive resolution options that follow the Dawson Academy principles.
Learn how to create and work with an interdisciplinary team.