Dentistry’s Great Awakening Series (Part 2) - Noses are for breathing, mouths are for eating

This 60-minute presentation builds on the previous webinar titled ‘Breathing Disordered Sleep-Why Dentists?’, and will briefly cover the consequences of the mouth breathing pandemic in craniofacial growth and development and sleep-related breathing disorders. We will explore how mouth breathing and the associated low tongue posture together with dysfunctional swallowing patterns result in narrow maxillary arches, longer faces, tongue thrusts, and crowded malocclusions. Presenter: Patrick McKeown Brought to you by: Myobrace Patrick will touch on his recent review, ‘Breathing re-education and phenotypes of sleep apnoea’, published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, and will make a case as to why upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS), also associated with micro-arousals during sleep can produce classic TMD-like symptoms, such as chronic fatigue, non-refreshing sleep, disrupted sleep, bruxism, morning headaches, and daytime performance impairment. Following this webinar, it will be clear to you what steps you must take in your Breathing re-education journey for you, your family, and your patients. Patrick McKeown is a researcher, clinician, President of Buteyko Professionals International, designer of the Myotape, and an international best-selling author. His book, The Oxygen Advantage describes multiple physiologic advantages of nasal breathing over mouth breathing, the consequences of which disrupts craniofacial-respiratory growth and development. Patrick is also widely regarded as one of the world’s leading breathing re-education experts. Panelists Patrick McKeown (Speaker), and Dr Dittmar Eichhoff Duration 60 minute lecture time including 10-20 minute Q&A Session