Welcome to the 2020 Course Catalog.

Center Co-directors: Barry Raphael, DMD and Mark Cruz, DDS

We are here to provide you with the best in all things "Airway" and Integrative Education.

Our goals is to create the next generation of leaders and teachers in the field of airway-focused dentistry.
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Scroll down and plan ahead for advancing your knowledge and practice!

The Airway Mini-Residency 2.0: Fundamentals Course

Instructors:
Mark Cruz, DDS
and
​Barry Raphael, DMD
Our Flagship Course is brought to you by the 
The Airway and Facial Development Collaborative.​
​The information in this course is the underpinning of all your airway learning.
  • March 24-27 : in California
  • June 5-7: in Clifton, NJ
Four days of intensive learning
and Membership to the Airway Advanced
online learning and collaboration platform
will set you and your practice apart and catapult you to dealing with airway at all ages and stages.
The Center for Integrative Education has joined forces with The Airway and Facial Development Collaborative.  The AFDC was created to help practitioners implement airway-focused principles and protocols into practice in a productive and profitable way.

Technique Courses

Once you know the theory, learn the techniques to move your practice forward.

The Homeoblock and the POD   with Ted Belfor & Scott Simonetti​

February 28-29
Ted calls the Homeoblock "Orthotropics for the Adult".  Learn how to change the face and airway of an adult without surgery. This  certification course will also include the  FDA-cleared POD appliance.

The Less-Than-Six Philosophy of Early-Early Treatment with Kevin Boyd​

March 6-7
The premiere pediatric dentist and lecturer will teach his protocols for managing the growing face, the growing patient, and the "growing" parent of children under six years of age.

The Lightwire Course with Barry Raphael

May 8-9
October 2-3
Learn to use the Farrell Bent-Wire System and the ALF for pediatric cases.  A wire-bending tutorial is included for all levels of skill.

Medical Issues in Airway Dentistry with Mark Cruz

May 30, 2020
​Online
AMR co-director will review many of the concepts of the AMR that crucial to understanding the medical indications and assessments for thorough airway-focused practice.

The ALF and Biotensegrity with Gavin James

June 26-27, 2020
Master clinician and educator knows that dentistry is facing a crisis of scope and identity.  Find out why.

The Sensitive Frenectomy with Soroush Zaghi

December 13-15, 2019
​December 11-13, 2020
Reserve your seat in this sell-out course before it's too late.  Includes clinical demonstrations.  It's amazing. 
​Bring your surgeon!

The Myobrace System
brought to you by The Myofunctional Research Company
This is a perfect way to begin to offer integrative services to your practice.
It addresses both children with developing malocclusions and adults with TMD/SDB issues.
The CIE is the East Coast Showcase for all things Myobrace.

June 12-13, 2020
Sept 18-20, 2020
​December 4-5, 2020​

The Myobrace Basic Course
This introductory course is for you, the practitioner, and especially the staff that's going to run the program in your office.  You'll get everything you need to start cases when you get home.

March 20-22, 2020

Myobrace Advanced Course
Take this course once you have a few cases under you belt.  Learn tips and tricks from the pros.  Learn to blast through the obstacles that get in the way of achieving optimal health.
July​ 17-18, 2020

Chris Farrell's OSA/TMD Workshop

​We are very excited to announce the return of the developer of the Myobrace system and owner of the Myofunctional Research Company, Dr. Chris Farrell, to RCIE this summer.

You may know that Chris studied under Dr. Harold Gelb as a young dentist and has incorporated the Gelb philosophy into the Myobrace System - that is, to help a TM joint to heal, you have to get it out and away from the fossa and the eliminate the soft tissue dysfunction that is so damaging.  Coincidentally, helping the mandible to come forward also helps the airway.

Dr. Farrell will present his new line of myOSA/TMD appliances and show how they can be used clinically to relieve patients of pain and sleep disorders.  He will show cases from his clinics in Sydney and from the new myOSA clinic in Rancho Cucamonga, California.  

If you do TMD or sleep work in your practice, this workshop is for you.

Collaboration and
​Patient Education

Dentists can't do it alone.  Learn to partner up with the best!

Postural Restoration for the Dentist and Physical Therapist with Ron Hruska

July 10-11, 2020
The Postural Resotration Insitute is becoming known for addressing body-wide issues that can affect the face and airway. Bring a team to learn from the best in the field.

Wild Fun and Success in a Health-centered Dental Practice with Susan Maples

October 23-24, 2020
Empower your staff to empower your patients toward better health.  You'll come away loving your profession (and loving Susan...you can't help it).

Myofunctional Therapy:
​The Basic Course

September 12-17, 2020
Saturday  through Tuesday
Kim Benkert is one of the foremost teachers of OMT in the nation.  Her trainings are in depth and thorough.

Myofunctional therapy is now widely accepted as an important adjunct to dental and orthodontic therapy.
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If you are ready to add an entirely new dimension to your profession, take this course

​Introduction to Integrative Breathing Therapy -
Nasal Breathing,
​Upper Airway and Sleep Disordered Breathing Focus
with
Rosalba Courtney, PhD

November 21-22 (Sat-Sun)
In this course Dr Courtney will teach her clinical protocols for functional nasal and upper airway rehabilitation. She will also teach a simple version of the Manual Assessment of Respiratory Motion (MARM), an evidence based technique for assessing functionality of breathing pattern. The course also includes her Breathing Basics protocol with a focus on how to restore functional and coordinated whole body breathing.

Larry Palevsky, MD
Modern Challenges in Pediatric Medical Practice

April 2, 2020 7pm-9:30pm, EST
An holistic pediatrician from the NYC area, Dr. Palevsky collaborates with dentists and orthodontists to help optimize airway health for proper growth and development.  But just as the paradigm in dentistry is changing, so is the paradigm in medicine.

Come hear Larry address the challenges of the times in pediatric practice.

Open to all primary healthcare practitioners.

Larry Palevsky, MD
Airway and More
​For Parents

Date To Be Arranged
Dr. Palevsky has been an outspoken champion for holistic health for children and parents flock to hear him speak.  Seats are limited and available only for parents.

Other Ways To Hear ​Dr. Raphael Speak

Browse these other 2020 learning opportunities.

Solving the Airway and Sleep Puzzle: “So Many Treatment Options, So Little Time”

April 24
​Woodbury, NY

The American Dental Association: 
​   Third Annual Symposium on Children's Airway Health 

June 12-13
Chicago, IL
Show your support and help the ADA change the face of dentistry in the 21st Century.

Collaboration Cures in Seattle with the AAPMD

November 12-14
​Seattle, WA
If you are airway anything then you must participate with the organization that brings everybody together.

Airway Symposium by Forestadent

November 13-14
​Miami, FL
When the orthodontic suppliers are jumping in, you know that things are changing.  Doug Knight put together an all-star line up.
Phone: (973) 778-4222

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