{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The DOC Podcast","title":"What All Dentists Should Know About Airway (w/Dr. Jeff Rouse) [Ep.115]","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5705,"description":"Dr. Jeff Rouse is an educator and clinician who has practiced with the likes of Drs. Frank Spear and Gregg Kinzer.  He is now a Resident Faculty Member at Spear Education and maintains a private practice in prosthodontics in San Antonio, TX.  He has a unique professional journey and understands more about airway and orthodontics than many orthodontists.  We discuss that and much more, including:\nHow Jeff’s background in restorative dentistry helped him gain a better understanding of how orthodontic treatment, especially treatment involving extraction of permanent teeth, led to the breakdown of the dentition and airway issues later in life.\nWhy Jeff started doing orthodontics when he was practicing as a general dentist and how that led to an “ortho first” approach to patient care.\nHow Jeff developed and the curriculum for airway dentistry at Spear Education.\nWhy GPs and prosthodontists are more open to the impact of airway on malocclusion than most orthodontists.\nWhy orthodontists are resistant to incorporating airway-focused treatment into their practice (and it has nothing to do with evidence/literature!).\nJeff’s message to orthos who are opposed to intervening earlier than 7yo to address anatomy that can lead to airway compromise.\nThe primary causes of airway obstruction in young children (HINT: It’s not genetics!)\nWhy orthodontic residents are not treating young children during their training.\nWhat recent studies in the otolaryngological literature say is a “normal” palatal width.\nThe flaws with the studies that say Phase I is ineffective and often unnecessary.\nWhat is within the dentist’s/orthodontist’s scope of practice when it comes to airway.\nThe role that anatomy plays in obstruction of nasal breathing.\nWhy watchful waiting is supervised neglect.\nWhat orthodontists would learn if they had to look at all their cases 20 years out of treatment.\nWhether or not extractions cause airway issues.\nHow heart rate variability can be used to determine sleep-related...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Wf6VIMhB_ulpfJzsJlix0BOF0i4W9yk8xxJ6-5X1Y6E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxOTI3LzE2OTg2/MzExNDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}