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 Dr. Reji Abraham Sri Hasanamba Dental College, India |
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| Title: Airway Dentistry- A New Paradigm | |
| Abstract: Upper airway obstruction tends to alter breathing. This can have a significant impact on the normal development of craniofacial structures, leading to deficiency in maxillary growth, backward rotation of the mandible, pathologies such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) and can also affect the normal growth & development. At this juncture, the concept of ‘Airway Dentistry’ has taken shape with the aim of exploring methods to prevent, the restriction of the air way in a natural and permanent way. Incidentally, the ENT specialists also work to attain the same goal.
Even though; decades ago, ENT specialists such as Crawford (1937) and Fowler (1947) suggested that they should work together with the orthodontists to benefit patients with “Stuffy Noses, Long Faces and Dental Malocclusion”, this concept has not been recognized adequately so far.
Skeletal Class II malocclusions due to the clockwise rotation of the mandible can be linked often to airway obstruction. In such cases the air way obstruction needs to be detected and eliminated to prevent the relapse, using functional, orthopaedic or combination appliances.
The purpose of this lecture includes- detection of air way obstruction at the first glance, assessing the diagnostic aids, methods to improve air way patency. The lecture also aims to point out what an orthodontist can offer the ENT specialists in his task of correcting air way obstructions and finally the concept of ‘Air way Dentistry’. | |
| Biography: Dr. Reji Abraham completed his BDS from VS Dental College, Bangalore, and his MDS in Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopaedics from College Of Dental Sciences, Davengere,India He also got his M(orth) RCPS from the Royal College Of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow, UK. He is very active in academics and is currently serving as Dean Administration at Sri Hasanamba Dental College & Hospital, Hassan, India and is the Professor & Head Of the Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics. His areas of interest include Air way Dentistry, Role of Oro-facial musculature in the development of various malocclusions, Management of TMD and Management of developing skeletal malocclusions. He is in the postgraduate examination panel of several Health Universities across India. He is in the review panel for the 1) Journal of Otology & Rhinology, 2) British Journal of Medicine & Medical research, 3) International Journal of Medical & Pharmaceutical Case Reports. and is also the Editor of the International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports. He has several national and international publications and also has co-authored 2 textbooks. He was invited as guest speaker at several International & national Orthodontic Conferences. He was selected by the Indian Orthodontic Society (IOS) to represent it for the faculty exchange program with the Australian Orthodontic Society and was at the University of Adelaide for the same, in the year 2017. He was the organizing chairman for the national Hands-on Work Shop- ‘Bend It Like Burstone-2016 and 2018 and also the Organizing chairman of the Zonal Orthodontic Postgraduate Convention 2019 held at Hassan, India. He is an active member of the Indian Orthodontic Society and India Dental Association. He is an Executive committee member of the society 2018-2019, 2019-2020 ,2021 -2022 and is currently holding the same post. He is currently the chairman of public relations committee of Indian Orthodontic Society. | |
