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Ready to explore 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬? 🦷 Dr. Hockel reviews a variety of orthodontic techniques and unveils key strategies ✨ for 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭! He stresses the fact that we want to 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲, and that there are a variety of ways to do so, as “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞”!

✅ Orthodontics can do more than straighten teeth; it can 𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞! 👅 

✅ 𝐀𝐏 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲! 🤔 Don't just focus on side-to-side; front-to-back movement matters for tongue space and relieving mandibular entrapment. 

✅ Consider extraction reversal! 😮 Reopening spaces from extractions can dramatically improve airway function and resolve sleep apnea. 

 ✅ 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 is essential! 🙅‍♀️ Avoid pulling teeth backward, as it reduces tongue space and can lead to TMJ issues. 

✅ Learn the importance of the 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞.

✅ Think 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲! 💖 Combine orthodontics with myofunctional therapy and consider surgery when needed for optimal airway and overall health. 

𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔? 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆? 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒏 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝑻𝒖𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔! 👀 🎧
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𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓: Dr. Hockel is a graduate of the UCSF School of Dentistry and, following in his father’s footsteps, has been practicing orthodontics for 25 years.  He focuses on treatments which protect or enhance the airway. Having taught an Airway Orthodontics Mini-Residency, he’s also been an instructor for, and a board member of, the Academy of Airway and Gnathologic Orthopedics (the AAGO), he’s a founding member of the North American Association for Facial Orthotropics (the NAAFO), and he teaches hands-on orthodontics for the Early Childhood Health-Centered Orthodontics (or “ECHO”) mentorship with Dr. William Hang, DDS.  He has lectured nationally and internationally on non-retractive and airway orthodontics.  Hobbies include playing bass in two bands.  Dr. Hockel practices and lives in Walnut Creek, California, with his wife Beth and varying numbers of their eleven children. 

𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓: Nicole Goldfarb, M.A. CCC, SLP- COM® is a Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Orofacial Myologist, an International speaker, author, Ambassador for the Breathe Institute, a Talk Tools educational partner, and has served on the faculty for the Sleep Education Consortium and Airway, Sleep, and Pediatrics Pathway (ASAP) program. Nicole has completed over 50 presentations nationally and internationally to medical and dental professionals, graduate school residents, and the general public on orofacial myofunctional therapy as it relates to sleep-disordered breathing in both children and adults. Nicole is the owner of San Diego Center For Speech Therapy & Myofunctional Ther