Oral Habits, Malocclusion and Airway: Preventable Chronic Problems

– Nasal vs mouth breathing: 

- diaphragmatic breathing

- chest breathing.

– The spectrum of obstructive sleep disordered breathing

– The association between craniofacial structural and functional disturbances with sleep and breathing disorders

– Consequences of mouth breathing, as a chronic problem, on the patient’s general health

– The differences between Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing (oSDB) and Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

– The pathogenesis of Obstructive Sleep Disordered Breathing (oSDB)

– Deep bite and SDB

– Anterior cross bite and SDB

– Clinical cases of retruded mandible and lack of transverse development: lingual frenuloplasty with myofunctional therapy

– Management of the frenulum in pediatric patients

– Step-by-step video demonstration of lingual frenuloplasty using laser technology

– Step-by-step video demonstration of labial frenuloplasty using laser technology. 

Recommended for: Orthodontists, Functional dentists, General dentists.