Dr. Audrey Yoon

August 15th, 2025

8:30am - 4:00pm

Bahia Corinthians Yacht Club

 

Title :  Orthodontist’s Role for Sleep Disordered Breathing

● 1st session "Find New Scientific Evidences from Everyday Practice"

● 2nd session "Growth Modification Protocol for Patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing"

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1st session Description:

Most current orthodontic treatments for obstructive sleep apnea have focused on changing the anatomy to increase airway space. However, most orthodontists do not understand the mechanism of how anatomical changes affect the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Dr.Yoon will share her extensive research to provide a better understanding of the relationship between anatomical factors and the physiology of OSA. She will discuss the early identification of the etiology and pathophysiology to prevent diseases. She will also discuss the orthodontic approach for modifying orofacial growth and development with the newest technique to achieve ideal skeletal structures and to reprogram of orofacial muscle function.

 

2nd session Description:

As knowledge of sleep medicine increases, it is critical that orthodontists are equipped with the knowledge to help contribute to interdisciplinary care for patients with OSA. As our profession strives to bridge the gap between sleep surgery and orthodontics, it is imperative that providers have clinical guidelines to follow as their patients grow and develop. Orthodontists has ability to manipulate and guide craniofacial growth patterns depending on a patient's age; therefore, it is important to understand which strategies can be used in conjunction with other providers to help create a team-based approach to care. With an orthodontist's extensive knowledge of the craniofacial growth and development stages, providers can take advantage of therapeutic appliances that can make a substantial change in a patient’s growth pattern. As a child grows from infancy to adulthood, the dentition andcraniofacial complex changes with various growth patterns can be intercepted and targeted at the right time.

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