Blog on Bite, Breathing, Bite, and Beauty
Breathing and Beauty: The 4th SARC Sleep Workshop in Singapore
The 4th SARC Sleep Workshop in Singapore convenes more than thirty international faculty across ten countries to integrate sleep breathing care with facial esthetic surgery. July 3 and 4, 2026. Course Director: Stanley Y.C. Liu, MD, DDS, FACS.
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.
A 2 x 2 Matrix | Nasal vs Mouth Breathing, Awake vs Asleep
This central goal can be framed in a 2×2 matrix: nasal versus mouth breathing, and awake versus asleep. Physiologic and anatomic treatments to promote nasal breathing during wakefulness are well established. But restoring nasal breathing during sleep is where maxillary expansion, when properly indicated and executed, can make a profound difference.