Overview

8:00-8:30- Registration and Breakfast
8:30-9:00 MDHA Presidential Update
9:00-11:00 Session 1
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30-1:30 Session 2
1:30-2:30- Lunch
2:30-4:30 Session 3
Session 1
What we see every day
 The Five Dimensions of Tongue tie
A revolution has been occurring and it has some people pretty uncomfortable. In school we learned of ankyloglossia, the pictures showed a tongue completely tethered to the floor of the mouth. We were taught that if the patient can talk and eat there\'s no reason to "clip it." At the dawn of time infants who couldn\'t nurse because of ankyloglossia were left to perish. Those were brutal times! Since infant formula and bottles are so easy to use and children are nice and round, releasing ties is relegated to the elective surgery discussions. What if that\'s wrong? Why is that wrong? 
The question of why that\'s wrong has been the life’s work of Dr. Sarouch Zaghi. He is a protege of Dr. Christian Guilleminault, the father of sleep apnea who boldly set out to show that sleep apnea in non-obese children was a function of improper facial growth led by a lack of tongue mobility. Dr. Guilleminault set Dr. Zaghi onto the missing link in all of sleep architecture, the tongue. Today we know of new ways to measure the mobility of the tongue, when, why, and how to release the tongue and how important orofacial myofunctional therapy is to all of sleep, with or without a functional release.
Using validated tools and measurements we\'ll work with live people (each other) to assess everyone for a restriction and show how OMT would approach the case. We\'ll see cases and videos of cases that we treated at Primal Air. 
Learning Outcomes
Integrate assessment of the tongue\'s mobility in the oral cancer screening segment of an oral assessment
Identify a good candidate for orofacial myofunctional therapy
Assess a live case presentation for tongue mobility and oral outcomes of the mobility or lack thereof. 
 Session 2
How we got here (evolution)
Evolution, Epigenetics and the tinkering of humans
In 1910s Dr. Fones launched the field of Dental Hygiene
In 1936 the science of Dental Hygiene was launched
In 1939 Dr Price published “Nutrition and Physical Degradation”
In 1947 Dr. Potager showed how nutritional mismatches quickly damaged generations of cats
In 1976 Dr. Bruce Lipton showed how DNA was affected by surroundings
In 2014 Dr. Kevin Boyd coined Darwinian Dentistry
This course is about the shrinking maxilla! The shrinking sinuses and maxilla have put some serious stress on breathing and the airway. Recent findings indicate that if matched by evolution the change in the size of the maxilla that’s occurred in the last 125 years would have taken 10,000 years of true evolution. So what? This shrinking airway, or Upper Airway Restriction Syndrome is linked to ADHD, Fibromyalgia, Enuresis, IBS, and sleep apnea to name a few. Learn why we must help our patients make Oral Systemic changes to stop this current disease snowball we’re all seeing grow in real time.
Objectives
Describe the difference between evolution and epigenetics
Identify nutritional short comings in our patients
Identify groups within the practice who would benefit most from changes
 
 
Session 3
What to do about it
Face Fixer: The story of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy for RDH
Your patients depend on you to help them prevent problems. As the science of dentistry continues to press forward, we are rediscovering the true initiation of dental problems as a nutritional cause, not just over sugared or under flossed. Caries and periodontal disease in adults can be prevented by taking a new look at infants and small children; the epigenetics of it all must be considered and figured into causative agents of current conditions.
The dental hygienists in the audience will learn who to add to their own prevention team, and how to collaborate for the benefit of excellent patient care.
Orofacial myofunctional therapy is not a new term. The idea of toning the muscles in the snoring complex – the craniofacial respiratory complex – works for many oral and systemic issues. Focusing on the airway, in every age group, can reap benefits far beyond traditional dental hygiene skills.
 
 
Learning objectives:
List the five dimensions of a tongue tie
Develop a pathway for the practitioner to grow
List who can be part of a dental hygiene collaboration team
Define ways to become a true next level practitioner


  Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, has been breathing since before her first birthday. Finding out in 2014 that she was doing it wrong, and how that affected her life, even her life choices, was a jaw dropper!

2014 is when she was dragged to another conference that was of tangential interest to her speaking topic Minimal Intervention Dentistry In Dental Hygiene. Turns out that breathing is the best form of prevention in dentistry, inflammation, cardiovascular breakdown, mental health and so much more.

While her topic today - breathing - may seem like a no brainer you may be surprised!

Shirley lives in the booming metropolis of Sun Prairie, the fastest growing city in the USA, according to her husband Mark. She is the mother of 5 pretty spectacular grown sons, mother in law to 2 stellar women, and gramma to three blindingly bright grandchildren Help me welcome the owner of Primal Air, LLC   Shirley Gutkowski



Course Contact: lbdtoothfairy@aol.com

Course Categories: Health Issues Affecting Dental Health (anorexia, nervosa, bulimia),Oral / Dental Health Care & Conditions (Hypersensitivity, Trauma, Halitosis, Xerostomia, Orofacial Pain, Oral Complications to Medicine Use, etc),Myofunctional Therapies

Provider Approval: Associated, affiliated, sponsored, approved, accredited, or offered by the (ADHA) American Dental Hygienists' Association

Educational Type: Live

Educational Method: Lecture

Prerequisites :

None




Sponsor(s): None

Conflict of Interest Disclosure: None

All CE Zoom related support: support.cezoom.com

Date / Time

Sat, May 18, 2024: 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM ET

Location

Massachusetts Maritime Conference Center- 20 Tower Lane
Buzzards BAy, MA

Tuition

$119-ADHA Members, $149.00 Non-members