Episode #114 - Live From Seattle Study Club Symposium 2018 with Dr. Steve Carstensen
Summary: <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am at the Seattle Study Club Symposium with Dr. Steve Carstensen. Steve is on the forefront of one of the most exciting things happening in dentistry today. We are going to talk about the importance of the airway in dental and medical health. We talk about how the airway can affect someone’s health, airway health for children, and how a young dentist can get started on this today.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Steve has been treating sleep apnea and snoring since 1998. He specializes in sleep education and airway health. He lectures and directs sleep education at notable institutes and universities. He is a good friend of mine, and it’s really exciting to have him here today to talk about one of the hottest topics in modern dentistry.</span></p><br> <p><strong>You can find Steve here:</strong></p><br> <p><a href="http://www.pankey.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pankey Institute</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="https://spearaesthetics.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spear Aesthetics</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="https://dentalsleeppractice.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dental Sleep Practice Magazine</span></a></p><br> <p><a href="https://seattlesleepeducation.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seattle Sleep Education</span></a></p><br> <p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:50] Steve is a restorative dentist. About 20 years ago, he started paying attention to the airways. He started helping people breathe better at night time.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:18] He became an educator about airway and dentistry. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:37] Now I see patients and write and teach about airway health & dentistry.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:46] Why is airway such a big topic in dentistry right now? </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:29] When there is a problem we now start looking back in the patient's history and try to find the cause.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:45] It frequently focuses on the airway issue.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:51] With airway health we get a chance to improve how everybody feels.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:38] When patients have chronic conditions often asking them how they sleep at night is the first step to getting to the root cause.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[09:11] The importance of sleep and breathing and how they are interconnected.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[09:31] Melatonin makes us sleepy. Bluelight interrupts our production of melatonin.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[10:19] Sleep deprived children. Kids should get 12 to 13 hours of sleep during the night. Lack of sleep combined with medications is not good for kids.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[11:46] It's likely that the kids aren't sleeping well at night because they're not breathing well because of a closed airway.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[12:12] Not breastfeeding starts a child off at a bad position. Feeding kids soft foods is another factor that leads to more narrow pallets.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[13:14] Children should be breathing through their nose. If they are breathing through their mouth that is something that needs to be looked at. </span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[14:05] How would a young dentist incorporate airway health into his practice? How would he monetize this?</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[15:36] We don't need a sleep test to know that a kid's jaw isn't developing correctly.</span></p><br> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[16:03] Young dentists should start to pay attention to the kids in their practice and be on the lo</span></p>
