Airway First

S7:E62 - Dr. Shereen Lim - Palatal Expansions in Kids

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.au
Breathe, Sleep, Thrive, by Dr. Shereen Lim
Signs of airway disorders in children 
Find an Airway Dentist - Doctor Locator 
 

S7:E61 - The Nose is the Key and the First 1,000 Days - Dr. Sandra Kahn

My guest today is Dr. Sandra Kahn, DDS, MSD - a graduate from the University of Mexico and the University of the Pacific. She has 25 years of clinical experience in orthodontics and has been part of the craniofacial anomalies team at the University of California, San Francisco and Stanford University. Her graduate work at the University of California, 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 which fit all 32 teeth and house large healthy airways. She is an international lecturer, has published two books, Forwardontics, and JAWS: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic, and has translated Dr. John Mew's The Cause and Cure of Malocclusion 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, which proposes addressing airway growth from pre-conception until 15 years through transdisciplinary teams that foster healthy lifestyles.
You can find out more about Dr. Kahn at forwardontics.com.
 
Show Notes:
Dr. Kahn's website: forwardontics.com.
JAWS: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic, by Dr. Sandra Kahn and Paul Ehrlich
Forwardontics: A Shift from Traditional Orthodontics to a Total Body Approach, by Dr. Sandra Kahn
Dr. John Mew
First 1,000 Days, by Roger Thurow
Dr. Barry Raphael: Link to Website
8 Steps to a Pain-free Back, by Esther Gokhale and Susan Adams
Frequency and Pedicators of Pacifier Use in Low Socioeconomic Groups - NIH Study
Airway First Podcast, Episode 17 with Dr. Ben Miraglia: Link to Podcast Episode
 

S7:E60: Jackie Becerra-Lising, Amanda Gurrola, Dr. Vanessa Peterson - Down Syndrome and Airway

My guests today are Jackie Becerra-Lising, Amanda Gurrola, and Dr. Vanessa Peterson.
Jackie, is a dental hygiene graduate from Loma Linda University and has been practicing as a clinical dental hygienist for the past 19 years.  Since having her second child with Down Syndrome and having limited resources, she decided to specialize her education in the field of myofunctional therapy and received her certificate of completion from the MyoMentor program in 2021.  She is now owner and OMT of Upside Down Frown Care, LLC.  Her love for knowledge in airway includes having taken courses targeting the Down Syndrome population through Talk Tools. 
Amanda's passion to work with children and provide for her community led her to the field of Speech Language Pathology. She holds experience in the hospital, public school, and private clinic settings where she has treated a variety of clients and disorders: language disorders, articulation & phonology, fluency disorders, Down Syndrome, ASD, voice disorders, acquired neurological disorders, tracheostomized clients, and AAC.
Dr. Vanessa Peterson studied Biology and Chemistry at Baylor University and attend dental school at Loma Linda University School of Dentistry. Then she headed north to Portland, Oregon for her orthodontic residency at Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Peterson practiced orthodontics locally in the Inland Empire before opening her own practice Synergi Orthodontic Specialists.
Show Notes:
Jackie Becerra-Lising's Website: Link
Amanda Gurrola's Website: Link
Dr. Vanessa Peterson's Website: Link
Babywise Method
CBCT
Netflix Series: Open Wide

S7 : E59 - Dr. Pejman Katiraei: Mold, ADHD, Autism, and Airway

My guest today is Dr. Pejman Katiraei.  Dr. Pejman Katiraei is a board-certified pediatrician who is also boarded and fellowship trained in integrative medicine. He completed his undergraduate at UCLA and obtained his osteopathic medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences. He completed a pediatric residency at Loma Linda University, where he stayed on as a teaching faculty member for over four years.
Dr. Katiraei has also completed two fellowships in integrative medicine, one with the University of Arizona and another under Dr. Kamyar Hedayat in a French model of integrative medicine called endobiogeny. Dr. Katiraei is now in private practice in Santa Monica, CA, where he focuses on helping children with severe behavioral challenges. He is also working with an amazing team to build Wholistic Minds, an online portal that helps parents understand the root cause of their children’s behavioral issues and what steps they can take to help resolve them.
You can find out more about Dr. Katiraei at wholistickids.com.
Show Notes:
Dr. Katiraei's website: wholistickids.com
International Society for Environmentally Acquired Illness (ISEAI): Link to website
Dr. Neil Nathan: Link to website
Study on Adenoid Hypertrophy: Link to Study on NIH
Dr. K's Adrenal Handout: Link to handout
 

S7:E58 - Courtney Robertson: Myofunctional Therapy and Telehealth

My guest today is Courtney Robertson, a dedicated Registered Dental Hygienist with over 11 years of experience. In recent years, Courtney has honed her expertise in Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy, a passion she pursues in her hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. There she proudly established one of the pioneering independent myofunctional therapy practices in the city.
Her journey into myofunctional therapy is deeply personal, as she and her children have faced their own challenges with airway health and myofunctional issues. This personal connection fuels her commitment to helping others overcome similar obstacles.
From her base in Ottawa, Courtney has the privilege of virtually assisting patients across Canada, the United States, the UK, and Australia. Additionally, she maintains an in-person clinic for local patients in Ottawa. Courtney collaborates closely with airway-focused dentists and orthodontists, working with both children and adults. Her particular passion lies in fostering children's airway health and guiding optimal jaw development to ensure a brighter, healthier future.
You can find out more about Courtney at archwaymyo.com.
 
Show Notes:
Courney's Website: archwaymay.com
Six Foot Tiger, Three Foot Cage by Dr. Felix Liao
International Federation of Dental Hygienist (Canada): Link
Sarah Hornsby: https://www.sarahkhornsby.com/
 

S6:E57 - Dr. Andrew Maxwell: Dysautonomia and Ehlers Danlos

My guest today is Dr. Andrew J. Maxwell. Dr. Maxwell is a Board Certified Pediatric Cardiologist and Pediatrician. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins Medical School and a Residency in Pediatrics at The University of California at San Francisco followed by clinical and research fellowships in Pediatric Cardiology at Lucile Salter Packard and Stanford Hospitals and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
His research interests include study of endothelial control of vasomotor tone, nitric oxide, sports cardiology, dysautonomia, hypermobility syndromes, & mast cell activation syndrome and their relationships to environmental toxins. For his research he received an American Heart Association Bugher Award for Research in Molecular Biology and was an American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award finalist. He has published many articles and book chapters on these subjects. For his clinical work, he has been voted by his peers as a Top Doctor in Northern California annually since 2017.
You can find out more about Dr. Maxwell at heartofthevalley.us.
Show Notes:
Disjointed: Navigating the Diagnosis and Management of Hypermobile Ehylers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (Chapter 10, by Dr. Andrew Maxwell)
Dysautonomia: The Pentad Super-Syndrome presentation
Standing Up to POTS
Monro-Kellie Doctrine
Functionality and Anatomy of the Cranial Nerves: Link
Beighton Score: Link
Jeffery Boris, MID: Link to website
Lawrence B. Afrin, MD - Root of Mast Cell Disease: Link to website
Publications by Dr. Andrew Maxwell Listed on Standing Up to POTS: Link

S6:E56 - Michelle Emanuel: TummyTime, Breastfeeding, and Sensorimotor Skills

My guest today is Michelle Emanuel. Michelle has 28+ years experience as a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, with specific focus on posture, movement and connection for the precrawling baby.  She has a background in neonatal intensive care (NICU), pediatric intensive care (PICU), cardiac intensive care (CICU), and outpatient population.   She has a unique and interesting way of blending traditional and complementary forms of therapeutic applications, with her main emphasis on facilitating healthy nervous system function.
Michelle is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a National Board Certified Reflexologist.  She has advanced training and extensive experience in a wide array of manual therapy and bodywork techniques, including CranioSacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, Reflexology, Baby Facial Massage and more. 
TummyTime! Method was developed to address the rising numbers of babies affected by sleeping on their back, developing tension patterns, torticollis and flat spots.  She offers the "secret" to helping babies and families have fun and enjoy the tummy time experience.   Developed circa 2005, it was the first, and still only, program developed directly addressing the 'tummy time issue' and has been learned by close to 1000 professionals worldwide.
Michelle also developed BabyMyo, a novel curriculum of oral habilitation involving optimal strength, endurance, range of motion, sensory processing, motor patterns, reflexes, oral and pharyngeal phases of breastfeeding and bottlefeeding for the newborn to precrawling baby.
You can find out more about Michelle at tummytimemethod.com.
 
Show Notes:
Tummy Time: tummytimemethod.com
BabyMyo: babymyo.com
American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Breastfeeding
IBCLC: ibclc-commission.org
Michelle's Top 10 Reasons for Breastfeeding Beyond Nutrition

S6:E55 - Dr. Catherine Murphy: Holistic Orthodontics

My guest today is Dr. Catherine Murphy. She partners with orthodontic facilities to implement her distinctive patient-centered approach and health care collaborative approach. As an independent contractor and consultant, Dr. Murphy helps orthodontic practices establish or enhance their orthodontic departments through specialized program-based guidance, including patient care.
Dr. Murphy shares her passion for holistic dentistry through her speaking engagements and consulting across the globe. She is the author of two pictures books focusing on the connection between oral and overall health: Dear Momma... and Dear Friend...Do you know about Tongue Ties? She reaches caregivers nationwide through her podcast, Dear Momma with Dr. Murphy. The show provides insights into the holistic and collaborative care approach to orthodontic treatment.
A graduate of the Indiana University School of Dentistry, Dr. Murphy has been inducted into the American College of Dentists and selected to serve as an American Dental Association Wellness Ambassador.
Dr. Murphy is on a mission to elevate patient care by introducing a holistic approach to orthodontic treatment to dental professionals across the nation.
You can find out more about Dr. Murphy at drcatherinemurphy.com.
Show Notes:
Dr. Murphy Online - drcatherinemurphy.com
Dear Friend...Do You Know About Tongue Ties? by Dr. Catherine Murphy
Dear Momma by Dr. Catherine Murphy
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD
Scientific Method
#AirwayMamaBears
MyoMunchee: https://myomunchee.com/
CAFF Blog Library: https://www.childrensairwayfirst.org/blogs

S6:E54 - Karese Laguerre: The Vagus Nerve and Airway Connection

My guest today is Karese Laguerre, a Registered Dental Hygienist, and Myofunctional Therapist. She founded The Myo Spot, a practice aimed at amplifying oral wellness to whole-body wellness. Through teletherapy, she helps clients of all ages overcome tongue ties, TMJ disorders, sleep apnea, grinding, anxiety, and various breathing and orofacial dysfunctions.
Passionate about education and self-help, she published "Accomplished: How to Sleep Better, Eliminate Burnout and Execute Goals". When not working with clients globally she spends time with her husband and four kids.
You can find out more about Karese at themyospot.com.
Show Notes:
The Myo Spot - www.themyospot.com
Accomplished: How to Sleep Better, Eliminate Burnout, and Execute Goals, by Karese Laguerre: www.amazon.com/Accomplished-Better-Eliminate-Burnout-Execute/dp/B084DG7PL7
Myofunctional Therapy Self-Assessment: themyospot.com/myofunctional-therapy.html
Myslow's Pyramid - Hierarchy of Needs: www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html
Blog by Dr. Becky Andrews - Early Childhood Nutrition Impact on Airway Development: www.childrensairwayfirst.org/post/prenatal-and-early-childhood-nutrition-impact-on-airway-development
Baby-Led Weaning: The Essential Guide, by Gill Rapley, PhD, and Tracey Murkett: www.amazon.com/Baby-Led-Weaning-Completely-Expanded-Anniversary/dp/1615195580/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1UN3W0IW7S112&keywords=baby+led+weaning+book&qid=1701203239&s=books&sprefix=baby+led+wea%2Cstripbooks%2C90&sr=1-5
Nasal Cleaning Hygiene for Children: myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/aftercareinformation/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=ut1986

S6:E53 - Molly Peterson: Parenting Through the Airway Journey

My guest today is Molly Peterson. Molly is a wife, mom of two, and photographer from Virginia. She and her husband have been on an airway journey with their children for several years. She sat down to share her story, resources, and advice for other parents who are on their own airway journey with their children.
Show Notes:
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, by James Nestor
Myo Munchee: https://myomunchee.com/
Myo Spots: https://myospots.com/
ALF Expanders - The ALP Approach with Dr. Tasha Turzo
The ALF Approach: Changing the Face of Orthodontics, by Dr. Tasha Turzo
The Tooth Pillow: https://www.toothpillow.com/
The Tired Child: How Sleep and Sleep Breathing Can Change Your Child's Life, by Dr. Meghna Dassani
Brave Parent: Raising Healthy, Happy Kids Against All Odds in Today's World, by Dr. Susan Maples
Courtney Robertson, RDH, Myofunctional Therapy: @archway.myo (Instagram)
Infinity Functional Neurology - Dr. Josh Madsen
Moms in the Trenches: How Moms Can Unpack the Root Cause, Advocate for Their Children's Health, and Join the Other Side, by Dr. Jill Ombrello
PX Docs - Dr. Tony Ebel
Holistic Health at Home - Dr. Traci Jones, Osteopath