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Airway-aware prosthodontics and treatment planning — mouth breathing, skeletal growth and complex restorative cases in 20 lessons
Breathing problems shape faces, occlusions and restorative outcomes, and Integrative Airway Prosthodontics teaches you to factor them into every plan. Prosthodontist Jeff Rouse, restorative dentist Kevin Kwiecien, hygienist Trisha O’Hehir and orthodontist-periodontist Rebecca Bockow share four modules and 7 h 29 min of teaching on airway foundations, complex cases, growth and mouth breathing.
- 4modules
- 20lessons
- 7 h 29 minof video
- 4instructors
What you’ll be able to do
- Bring airway screening into routine examinations and case workups
- Connect TMD symptoms with upper airway resistance syndrome
- Apply airway-directed treatment planning to difficult anterior esthetic and functional cases
- Relate tongue posture and the transverse dimension to maxillary growth and adult expansion
- Explain the effects of mouth breathing on oxygenation and facial form
- Coach patients through three steps back to nasal breathing, including tongue-tie assessment
Inside the course
Why the airway belongs in restorative dentistry
The opening module introduces airway prosthodontics, shows how to make it part of daily practice, and explores the overlap between jaw disorders and increased airway resistance.
Planning around breathing
Close to three hours trace how facially generated planning evolved into airway-aware and airway-directed thinking, then apply it to challenging anterior relationships and to sleep apnea complicated by connective tissue disorders.
Growth, expansion and timing
Six short lessons look at common malocclusions, the tongue’s influence on the skeleton, transverse problems, maxillary deficiency, expansion in adults and when to intervene.
Mouth breathing and the hygiene team
The final module covers the history and physiology of oral breathing, long face syndrome, early habits and ankyloglossia, plus how dentist and hygienist can work together on the problem.
Built for
- Restorative dentists and prosthodontistsTreatment plans that account for how the patient breathes and sleeps.
- OrthodontistsGrowth and expansion decisions viewed through an airway lens.
- Dental hygienistsPractical tools to spot and address mouth breathing.
Curriculum
Module 1: Airway Foundations and Development (1 h 52 min) 3 lessons
- Introduction to Airway Prosthodontics
- Integrating Airway Into Practice
- The TMD Connection to Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
Module 2: Clinical Application and Complex Case Management (2 h 55 min) 3 lessons
- The Evolution of FGTP: Airway Aware and Airway Directed Treatment Planning
- Managing Patients with Challenging Esthetic and Functional Anterior Relationships Including Airway
- Soft Tissue Sleep Apnea: How Connective Tissue Disorders Can Complicate Airway
Module 3: How Airway Influences Skeletal Growth and Development (1 h 03 min) 6 lessons
- Common Malocclusions
- Role of the Tongue in Skeletal Growth & Development
- The Transverse Dimension
- Adult Expansion
- Timing Intervention
- Maxillary Deficiencies
Module 4: Impact of Mouth Breathing on Oral and General Health (1 h 40 min) 8 lessons
- The Dentist-Hygienist-Office Collaboration
- Introduction and History to Mouth Breathing
- Oxygen Absorption Differences Between Nose and Mouth Breathing
- Mouth Breathing and Long Face Syndrome
- Benefits of Nasal Breathing
- Early Habits and Mouth Breathing
- Tongue Function and Ankyloglossia
- Three Steps to Help Mouth Breathers Switch Back to Nasal Breathing
Before you buy
Does it teach sleep appliance fabrication?
No. The focus is recognising airway problems and building them into diagnosis and planning, not step-by-step oral appliance construction.
How balanced are the four modules?
Modules one and two are a few long lectures, while modules three and four are made of several short lessons of roughly ten to fifteen minutes each.
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Online video course |
|---|---|
| Instructors | Jeff Rouse · Kevin Kwiecien · Trisha O’Hehir · Rebecca Bockow |
| Contents | 4 modules · 20 lessons |
| Duration | 7 h 29 min |
| Access | Lifetime, self-paced |
| Department | Dentistry |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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