{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The DOC Podcast","title":"On a Mission to Advance Airway Education (w/Dr. Audrey Yoon) [Ep.113]","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4171,"description":"Don’t miss this fascinating conversation with the amazing and world-renowned Dr. Audrey Yoon!  \nWe discuss:\nHow Audrey’s journey in sleep medicine began and the role her training at UCLA played in that journey.\nThe role that Dr. Stanley Liu played in Audrey’s passion for airway-focused orthodontic treatment.\nHow an interaction with Dr. Christian Guilleminault (“CG”) changed Audrey’s life and launched her into a career focused on airway adult and pediatric airway. \nHow Audrey and Mike were both inspired by medical colleagues to go out and teach about airway orthodontics.\nThe challenges associated with using polysomnography and AHI classification for diagnosis of pediatric sleep apnea, and why CG expressed regret for creating an AHI scale for pediatric patients.\nThe potential for a blood test that determines if a child has sleep apnea.\nWhy it is logistically challenging and medically unethical to conduct a double-blinded RCT on the effects of with treatment and control groups.\nThe plethora of literature that exists demonstrating the positive impact of expansion on airway patency.\nThe difference between anatomical and neuromotor factors in the etiology of OSA/SDB.\nThe role the dentist/orthodontist can play in the correction of anatomical factors that contribute to OSA/SDB.\nThe recent position statement of the AADSM regarding the impact of different treatment modalities on OSA.\nThe reason why many orthodontists remain reluctant to incorporate airway-centered treatment into their practices.\nAudrey’s message to the people who say that it is inappropriate or even malpractice to treat children under the age of 6yo.\nThe fact that the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry lists growth disturbances and airway problems as some of the considerations for treatment at any age that the issue is detected.\nWhy Audrey sees a number of referrals from her medical colleagues seeking assistance with sleep-related breathing issues.\nWhat Audrey is working on now to advance the role of...","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}