Airway First Children's Airway First Foundation

My guest today is Jackie Christiansen, a Danish mom who moved to the United States in 2018 with her husband.

She and her family now live in Houston, Texas with their four-year-old daugher, Laura, who has been diagnosed with sleep disordered breathing.

In Denmark, Jackie was a registered nurse and Certified Health Coach. She is now a stay-at-home mom who enjoys volunteering at her daughter's school.

Show Notes:
Dr. Jerald Simmons, CSMAATS Sleep Questionnaire for Children Dr. Todd ScheyerDr. Shereen Lim - Airway First Podcast EpisodeBrittny Murphy - Airway First Podcast EpisodeJames Nestor, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art - Airway First Podcast EpisodeDr. David AlfiDr. Christopher Tran

My guest today is Dr. Tracy Tran. Dr. Tran is a Board-Certified Pediatric Dentist who specializes in infant & pediatric oral ties, as well as pediatric sleep issues. She is a Michigan native who first landed in Southern California to attend dental school at USC's Ostrow School of Dentistry.

After graduation, Dr. Tran went on to complete a 1-year general practice residency where she received additional training in all aspects of dentistry, with an emphasis in oral surgery. She performed surgical procedures in maxillofacial trauma under the attending of Oromaxillofacial, ENT and plastic surgeons. During the following two years, Dr. Tran continued her specialty training in pediatric dentistry, while completing her Master’s in Biomedical Science.‍

Since being in private practice, Dr. Tran has focused her continuing education on pediatric tethered oral tissue (TOTs) and its relationship with oral dysfunction in order to diagnose orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs). This includes difficulties with infant nursing, toddler feeding & swallowing, speech articulation, and pediatric sleep disordered breathing. She has successfully treated these patients through a collaborative team approach, and continues to expand her knowledge and experience in this niche specialty.

She is also proud to contribute to the advancement of academics by volunteering her time teaching at USC as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Dental Public Health & Pediatric Dentistry.

You can find out more about Dr. Tran at drtracytran.com.

Show Notes:
Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (AOMT)Dr. Marielly Mitchell, OTD, OTR/L, SWC, SIPTDr. Tracy Tran: drtracytran.comNIH: Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion Compared with Orthopedic Rapid Maxillary Expansion Article

My guest today is the one Sharon Moore is a speech pathologist and myofunctional practitioner with thirty-eight years of clinical experience across a range of communication and swallowing disorders. She has worked in diverse clinical settings in Australia and London.
Currently, Sharon runs a private practice in Canberra for patients of all ages and is part of the transdisciplinary team for the Canberra Sleep Clinic. The integration of orofacial myofunctional principles into traditional speech pathology work allows a unique approach to managing disorders of the upper airway, including breathing, swallowing, chewing, phonation, resonance, speech and sleep issues related to upper airway obstruction.
Sharon has a special interest in early identification of craniofacial growth anomalies in syndromic and non-syndromic children, concomitant orofacial dysfunctions and airway obstruction in sleep disorders.
Sharon believes that there has never been a more important time for medical, dental and allied health colleagues to work as a team, with the significant consequences of sleep disorders in all ages now widely known. Growing global medical acknowledgement of the role of myofunctional therapy in the management of sleep disorders has hailed a new era of relevance for work in the upper airway, affirming Sharon’s chosen clinical direction.
She believes we have a window of opportunity to help parents get it right before kids start school.
You can find out more about Sharon at sleepwreckedkids.com and wellspoken.com.au.
Show Notes:
AASM Sleep ChartSleep Wrecked Kids: Helping Parents Raise Happy, Healthy Kids, One Sleep at a Time, by Sharon MooreGo the F**k to Sleep, by Adam Mansbach Sleep Hygiene for Kids

My guest today is Dr. Felix Liao a thought leader and healthcare innovator who has restored the mouth back to the body as a vital organ for many patients’ natural health and wellness. His WholeHealth philosophy integrates mind-body-mouth to produce breakthrough outcomes.
Among dentists, Dr. Liao is a leading airway-centered mouth doctor with recognized expertise in Impaired Mouth Syndrome and Holistic Mouth Solutions. He is also the inventor of Start Thriving Appliance® for test-driving and adopting Holistic Mouth Solutions as the answer to Impaired Mouth Syndrome.
He holds an engineering degree from Brown University, a DDS from Case School of Dental Medicine, Board Certification by the American Board of General Dentistry, a Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry, and a Mastership in the International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine (IABDM).
Dr. Liao is the author of five best-selling books.
You can find out more about Dr. Liao at holisticmouthsolutions.com.
Show Notes:
Holistic Mouth Solutions: Impaired Mouth Syndrome QuizBaby Led Weaning Essential GuideAMD Training for Dentists

My guest today is Dr. Shereen Lim, a Perth-based dentist with a postgraduate diploma in dental sleep medicine from the University of Western Australia. As one of Australia’s first handful of dentists to obtain a qualification in dental sleep medicine, she has spent more than a decade working with patients with snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.

Rather than managing dysfunctional breathing and its consequences, Dr. Lim is focused on promoting airway health. This means reinforcing nasal breathing and promoting good airway development from infancy as keys to sleeping well, thriving, and greater future health. Dr. Lim regularly sees infants to adults and has been able to pinpoint the issues in infancy that lead to bigger problems down the track.

She is passionate about educating child health professionals from a variety of fields to recognize the earliest warning signs of poor airway heaLth including poor oral function and poor jaw development and promoting collaborative care to address these as early as possible. Her vision is to help more children receive timely care to breathe, sleep and thrive to their full potential, and avoid growing into more serious problems later in life.
Dr. Lim is a renowned speaker and the author of Breathe, Sleep, Thrive which is available on Amazon.

You can find out more about Dr. Lim at drshereenlim.com.au.

Show Notes:
Dr. Lim's Website: drshereenlim.com.auBreathe, Sleep, Thrive, by Dr. Shereen LimSigns of airway disorders in children Find an Airway Dentist - Doctor Locator

My guest today is Dr. Sandra Kahn, DDS, MSD - a graduate from the University of Mexico and the University of the Pacific with 25 years of clinical experience in orthodontics. She has been part of the craniofacial anomalies team at UC San Francisco and Stanford University. Her graduate work at the UC Berkeley was on physical anthropology and human craniofacial growth and development.
She practices pediatric sleep apnea prevention and whole-body treatment, addressing body and oral posture to develop stronger jaws. She is an international lecturer, author, and has translated Dr. John Mew's book into Spanish. She is currently the only Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics that practices exclusively Biobloc Orthotropics, and is co-founder of the project zeroto15.
You can find out more about Dr. Kahn at forwardontics.com.
Show Notes:
JAWS: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic,Forwardontics: A Shift from Traditional Orthodontics to a Total Body ApproachDr. John MewFirst 1,000 DaysDr. Barry RaphaelFrequency and Pedicators of Pacifier Use in Low Socioeconomic GroupsEpisode 17 with Dr. Ben Miraglia