My guest today is Jackie Christiansen, a Danish mom who moved to the United States in 2018 with her husband.
She and her family now live in Houston, Texas with their four-year-old daugher, Laura, who has been diagnosed with sleep disordered breathing.
In Denmark, Jackie was a registered nurse and Certified Health Coach. She is now a stay-at-home mom who enjoys volunteering at her daughter's school.
Show Notes:
Dr. Jerald Simmons, CSMA
ATS Sleep Questionnaire for Children
Dr. Todd Scheyer
Dr. Shereen Lim - Airway First Podcast Episode
Brittny Murphy - Airway First Podcast Episode
James Nestor, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art - Airway First Podcast Episode
Dr. David Alfi
Dr. Christopher Tran

My guest today is Dr. Tracy Tran. Dr. Tran is a Board-Certified Pediatric Dentist who specializes in infant & pediatric oral ties, as well as pediatric sleep issues. She is a Michigan native who first landed in Southern California to attend dental school at USC's Ostrow School of Dentistry.
After graduation, Dr. Tran went on to complete a 1-year general practice residency where she received additional training in all aspects of dentistry, with an emphasis in oral surgery. She performed surgical procedures in maxillofacial trauma under the attending of Oromaxillofacial, ENT and plastic surgeons. During the following two years, Dr. Tran continued her specialty training in pediatric dentistry, while completing her Master’s in Biomedical Science.‍
Since being in private practice, Dr. Tran has focused her continuing education on pediatric tethered oral tissue (TOTs) and its relationship with oral dysfunction in order to diagnose orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs). This includes difficulties with infant nursing, toddler feeding & swallowing, speech articulation, and pediatric sleep disordered breathing. She has successfully treated these patients through a collaborative team approach, and continues to expand her knowledge and experience in this niche specialty.
She is also proud to contribute to the advancement of academics by volunteering her time teaching at USC as Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Dental Public Health & Pediatric Dentistry.
You can find out more about Dr. Tran at drtracytran.com.
Show Notes:
Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (AOMT)
Dr. Marielly Mitchell, OTD, OTR/L, SWC, SIPT
Dr. Tracy Tran: drtracytran.com
NIH: Surgically Assisted Rapid Maxillary Expansion Compared with Orthopedic Rapid Maxillary Expansion Article

My guest today is the one Sharon Moore is a speech pathologist and myofunctional practitioner with thirty-eight years of clinical experience across a range of communication and swallowing disorders. She has worked in diverse clinical settings in Australia and London.
Currently, Sharon runs a private practice in Canberra for patients of all ages and is part of the transdisciplinary team for the Canberra Sleep Clinic. The integration of orofacial myofunctional principles into traditional speech pathology work allows a unique approach to managing disorders of the upper airway, including breathing, swallowing, chewing, phonation, resonance, speech and sleep issues related to upper airway obstruction.
Sharon has a special interest in early identification of craniofacial growth anomalies in syndromic and non-syndromic children, concomitant orofacial dysfunctions and airway obstruction in sleep disorders.
Sharon believes that there has never been a more important time for medical, dental and allied health colleagues to work as a team, with the significant consequences of sleep disorders in all ages now widely known. Growing global medical acknowledgement of the role of myofunctional therapy in the management of sleep disorders has hailed a new era of relevance for work in the upper airway, affirming Sharon’s chosen clinical direction.
She believes we have a window of opportunity to help parents get it right before kids start school.
You can find out more about Sharon at sleepwreckedkids.com and wellspoken.com.au.
Show Notes:
AASM Sleep Chart
Sleep Wrecked Kids: Helping Parents Raise Happy, Healthy Kids, One Sleep at a Time, by Sharon Moore
Go the F**k to Sleep, by Adam Mansbach
Sleep Hygiene for Kids

My guest today is Dr. Felix Liao. Dr. Liao is a thought leader and healthcare innovator who has restored the mouth back to the body as a vital organ for many patients’ natural health and wellness. His WholeHealth philosophy integrates mind-body-mouth to produce breakthrough outcomes.
Among dentists, Dr. Liao is a leading airway-centered mouth doctor with recognized expertise in Impaired Mouth Syndrome and Holistic Mouth Solutions. He is also the inventor of Start Thriving Appliance® for test-driving and adopting Holistic Mouth Solutions as the answer to Impaired Mouth Syndrome. In 2020, Dr. Liao expanded Holistic Mouth Solutions to include both a sleep-friendly mouth structure and a sensible eating mouth Style to build vibrant health and innate immunity.
Dr. Liao holds an engineering degree from Brown University, a DDS from Case School of Dental Medicine, Board Certification by the American Board of General Dentistry, a Mastership in the Academy of General Dentistry, and a Mastership in the International Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine (IABDM). He is a past president of IABDM.
Dr. Liao is the author of five best-selling books: Six Foot Tiger Three Foot Cage, Early Sirens, Licensed to Thrive, RelaunchYour Vitality, and Your Child's Best Face.
You can find out more about Dr. Liao at holisticmouthsolutions.com.
 
Show Notes:
Holistic Mouth Solutions: https://holisticmouthsolutions.com/ 
 Impaired Mouth Syndrome Quiz: https://holisticmouthsolutions.com/impaired-mouth-syndrome-quiz/  
Baby Led Weaning Essential Guide: Link to Amazon 
AMD Training for Dentists: https://holisticmouthsolutions.com/amd-training-for-dentists/ 

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 
 

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
 

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

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
 

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/
 

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