There is a growing clinical gap in airway, breathing and sleep care.
Across dentistry, orthodontics, medicine, and allied healthcare, clinicians are increasingly encountering patients with snoring, bruxism, temporomandibular disorders, and upper airway issues, including Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).
While awareness of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has increased, many professionals report uncertainty when it comes to identifying underlying craniofacial contributors, interpreting imaging findings, and determining appropriate treatment pathways beyond symptomatic management.
Craniofacial Sleep Medicine addresses this gap.
This two-day seminar introduces a structured, evidence-based clinical framework that integrates craniofacial structure, upper airway behavior, growth and development, and functional assessment to support more informed diagnosis, treatment planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
This course is not designed to promote a single appliance, device, or technique.
It is designed to change how clinicians evaluate, diagnose and treat upper airway, breathing and sleep-related conditions to improve long term patient outcomes.
Who this course is designed for:
This seminar is intended for healthcare professionals who:
• Regularly encounter patients with sleep-disordered breathing, bruxism and TMD concerns.
• Want to better understand craniofacial and airway behavior in both adults and children.
• Are seeking a coherent diagnostic framework, not isolated treatment tools.
• Work within, or collaborate across, dental, medical, and allied healthcare disciplines.
• Want to improve clinical confidence, case selection, and long-term treatment stability.
This course is open to:
Dentists, Orthodontists, Physicians, Sleep Physicians, ENT Doctors, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Physical Therapists, Dental Hygienists, Dental Assistants, Myofunctional Therapists, and Speech and Language Therapists / Pathologists.
What you will gain from this course:
By attending this course, you will:
• Develop an understanding of the principles and scope of Craniofacial Sleep Medicine.
• Learn to recognize craniofacial, intra-oral, and upper airway features associated with sleep-disordered breathing.
• Gain a structured approach to clinical and radiographic pre-screening.
• Understand how genetic and epigenetic influences affect craniofacial development and upper airway health.
• Learn how physiologic, surgical, and non-surgical approaches fit within an etiology-based model.
• Improve interdisciplinary communication and referral decision-making.
• Explore how these concepts can be applied responsibly within clinical practice.
Course structure and content:
Day 1 – Friday, May 1, 2026
Foundations of Craniofacial Sleep Medicine:
This session introduces the definition and clinical relevance of Craniofacial Sleep Medicine, with a focus on sleep-disordered breathing conditions commonly encountered in practice, including:
• Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS)
• Snoring
• Sleep bruxism
• Mild, moderate, and severe OSA
• Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
• Pediatric OSA
We will explore how craniofacial structure, upper airway behavior, and neuromuscular control interact to influence sleep and breathing.
Integrated, etiology-based approaches to OSA:
This session introduces the concept of upper airway homeostasis and reviews mechanisms used to maintain airway patency, including:
• Physiologic approaches related to upper airway behavior.
• Surgical approaches, including skeletal procedures and implant-based interventions such as hypoglossal nerve stimulation.
• Non-surgical approaches using intra-oral and extra-oral devices and appliances.
The emphasis is on understanding indications, limitations, and clinical context, rather than advocating for any single type of treatment.
Clinical craniofacial features for OSA pre-screening:
This session focuses on clinical assessment and observation, including:
• Cranial base and calvarial features
• Eyes, ears, and orbital morphology
• Nasal structure and form
• Facial profiles commonly associated with upper airway compromise
Intra-oral features for airway assessment:
You will learn to identify intra-oral features relevant to pre-screening, including:
• Retro-oral airway examination
• Tongue morphology and posture
• Dental arch form and occlusal features
Day 2 – Saturday, May 2, 2026:
Radiographic and developmental considerations:
3D CBCT-based craniofacial and airway assessment:
This session introduces radiographic evaluation as part of a structured diagnostic workflow, including:
• Cranial base assessment.
• Retropalatal and retroglossal airway features.
• Nasal cavity findings, including posterior nasal apertures.
• Palatal morphology.
• Cephalometric and cervical spine considerations.
• Tomographic TMJ assessment.
• Upper airway evaluation.
• Working and differential diagnoses, treatment objectives, and planning considerations.
Midfacial development and expansion concepts:
This session explores midfacial development, often referred to as palatal expansion, including:
• Physiologic development of the midface.
• Surgical approaches such as SARPE and MARPE.
• Non-surgical approaches using intra-oral devices and appliances in adult and paediatric patients.
The focus remains on mechanisms, indications, and limitations, rather than promoting any single technique.
Integrative treatment and clinical case discussions:
The final session brings together diagnostic concepts through clinical case discussions and practical considerations, including:
• Diagnostic reasoning and treatment sequencing.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Clinical implementation challenges.
• Communication, marketing, and reimbursement considerations.
Teaching faculty:
Professor Dave Singh, DMD, PhD, DDSc
Former Adjunct Professor of Sleep Medicine, Stanford University, USA
Dr Kalina Borska, BDS, MSc Implantology
TMD-focused dentist and Dental Sleep Medicine Practitioner, UK
Course details:
Dates: May 1–2, 2026
Location: London Heathrow, Marriott Hotel
Format: Two-day, in-person seminar
Attendance: Limited to 30 healthcare professionals, in order to support clinical discussion and interaction
Places are limited, therefore early registration is advised.
Book now and secure your place to develop a deeper, etiology-based understanding of craniofacial and airway-centered care for sleep-disordered breathing.
