Your patients are struggling to breathe — and most of them don't know it.
They're mouth breathing through appointments. They're restless sleepers. They have crowded teeth, forward head posture, and a history of "just snoring." And every single one of them is sitting in your chair.
The adult airway is one of the most underdiagnosed issues in dentistry — and your team is often the first to notice the signs. This one-hour live webinar gives your entire team the clinical language, the screening tools, and the confidence to identify airway compromise and know exactly what to do next.
Meet Your Instructor
Dr. Bernice Teplitsky, DDS, NMD is a biological and integrative dentist with over two decades of clinical experience. A Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry (FAGD), certified through IAOMT and IABDM, and a board member of the Holistic Dental Association, Dr. Teplitsky has been teaching whole-patient dentistry to dental teams for over five years. Her approach is clinician-to-clinician — grounded in science, immediately applicable, and always focused on the whole person in the chair.
What You'll Learn
During this live one-hour webinar, Dr. Teplitsky walks your entire team through the fundamentals of adult airway-focused dentistry — what to look for, how to talk to patients about it, and why it matters far beyond snoring and sleep apnea.
Key Topics Include:
✓ How airway obstruction connects to systemic health, cardiovascular function, and quality of life
✓ The signs and symptoms your team can identify at every appointment — before the patient even sits down
✓ How to screen adult patients for airway compromise using simple, chairside tools
✓ How to have confident, compassionate patient conversations about airway concerns without overstepping
✓ The connection between airway, sleep-disordered breathing, TMJ, and whole-body health
✓ Where airway fits into a biological, whole-health dental practice
Why Dental Teams Love This Session
Immediately applicable — your team uses these tools at the very next appointment
Designed for everyone — no prior airway training required
Builds a shared clinical language across your entire office
Helps your practice identify and serve patients who have never been properly screened
Supports referral relationships with sleep medicine, ENT, and myofunctional therapists
Who Should Attend
This webinar is designed for the entire dental team — dentists, hygienists, dental assistants, and front desk coordinators. Because airway awareness starts the moment a patient walks through the door — not when they're in the chair.
Course Details
Format: Live Online Webinar via Zoom
Date: Coming Soon. Sign up for the waitlist here
Time: 4–5pm CT
Duration: 1 Hour
CE Credit: 1 ADA CERP recognized credit for licensed professionals (dentist/hygienist)
Certificate of Completion: Available for auxiliary staff — $25 registration includes personal Zoom link and certificate
Pricing:
$95 per licensed seat (Dentist / Hygienist)
$75 for HDA members — find your code in our FAQ.and use it at checkout.
Auxiliary staff can attend free with any paid licensed seat
$25 for Optional Auxiliary Zoom link and Certificate of Completion
Also included with the WHDA Annual Pass — join here
Auxiliary staff (assistants, hygienists, front office) attend this session free with any paid licensed seat from your practice. Want your own personal Zoom link and Certificate of Completion? Register separately below for $25.