Blog on Bite, Breathing & Beauty
DOME360 : A Workshop on Breathing Health & Craniofacial Development
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) remains an under-recognized driver of systemic disease, cognitive performance decline, behavioral challenge, and long-term cardiometabolic risk. Dentistry sits in a uniquely powerful position in this space. Dental providers see patients regularly, examine airway-adjacent anatomy routinely, and have interventions that change structural and functional outcomes.
Each specialty contributes a different layer of the solution stack.
World Sleep Congress 2025: Inside the First Sleep Surgery Cadaver Workshop
This year at the World Sleep Congress, we hosted the first Sleep Surgery Cadaver Workshop — bringing together global experts to demonstrate cutting-edge techniques from Inspire and Nyxoah stimulation to robotic TORS and maxillomandibular advancement-MMA. A day of innovation, collaboration, and vision for the future of sleep surgery.
Aligning Maxillary Expansion with Nasal Breathing
Over 3 consecutive weekends, I spoke, taught, and learned of contemporary updates in naso-maxillary expansion, at the AAOMS, AAO-ISSS, and AHUL. Coincidentally, they all took place in Florida, my new home base.
HGNS Inspire(s) Next Gen Surgeons
“Let’s write something on hypoglossal nerve stimulation…comparing those who had prior interventions versus not.” —Dr. Corissa Chang, sometime in 2019.
I was Corissa’s research mentor at Stanford during her gap year, before she started medical school and oral & maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) residency at the University of Pennsylvania...