Join us in San Francisco this November 7 – 10 for WDSS 2024!
World Dentofacial Sleep Society is organizing its second in-person meeting featuring advanced courses, symposia, and abstract presentation opportunities.
Additional programming will include:
- keynote presentations
- breakfast and lunch sessions
- case study sessions
- debate sessions
- Gala dinner event
- “Stanford Sleep Experience” event, featuring a tour of the world-famous Stanford sleep lab and facilities
See the Print Program
A printed program will be distributed to all attendees at registration while supplies last.
Which sessions will you want to attend? Page through the program overview today and start to plan your own schedule at WDSS 2024!
Special thanks to our print program sponsors Orofacial Fitness and International Association of Orofacial Myology. Their support will bring a print program to our meeting. Thank you!
Program Highlights
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Lourdes DelRosso
Professor, Family Medicine-Fresno, University of San Francisco
Lecture title: Sleep quality, not only Sleep Quantity: Pediatric Sleep and ADHD”
Dr. Reza Movahed
Clinical Assistant Professor at Saint Louis University
Orthodontics private practice at Movahed OMS
Lecture title: “New Updates in Skeletal Sleep Surgery”
Featured Speakers
Dr. Paola Pirelli (Italy)
Department of Clinical Science and Translation Medicine at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
Lecture title: “A revolution in the treatment of OSA children: Rapid maxillary expansion”
Dr. Srinivas Kishore (India)
Director ENT and sleep apnea services, AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, India
Lecture title: “Maximizing treatment success in OSA: Power of nasal therapy”
Dr. Patricia Fernandez Sanjuan (Spain)
Dental Sleep Medicine Expert by FESMES
Board Diplomate by EADSM
Sleep Breathing Disorders Unit at La Zarzuela Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Lecture title: “Utility of the SAM device for the study of the upper airway”
Dr. Claudia Restrepo Serna (Colombia)
Professor CES University, Colombia
Director of the CES-LPH research group
Lecture title: “Bruxism in children. From evidence to the clinic”
Dr. Mimi Yow (Singapore)
Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore, Chapter of Sleep Medicine Physicians
Director of Clinical Services, SingHealth Duke-NUS Sleep Center
Lecture title: “Future proofing upper airway patency”
Featured Panels
Myofunctional Panel: Trends in myofunctional therapy: Let's talk about it
Esther Bianchini (Brazil)
Nicole Goldfarb (United States)
Joy Lantz (United States)
Samantha Weaver (United States)
Featured Symposia
New Trends in Dental Sleep Medicine: The dentist's role in a collaborative team
A roadmap for future DSM, MAD and non-CPAP therapies
Karen McCloy (Australia)
Endotyping OSA for better personalized care in dental sleep medicine
Antonio Romero-Garcia (Spain)
Personalized MAD therapy through DISE study
Patricia Fernandez-Sanjuan (Spain)
Redefinition of bruxism scoring in PSG? New insights for better research
Thomas Bornhardt (Chile)
The role of AI in managing the complex interactions between sleep and pain
Ghabi Kaspo (United States)
Clinical talk: Innovations in maxillofacial structure changes: New personalized methods for reliable outcomes
Expanding boundaries: The role of SFOT and MARPE in transverse dimension enhancements
Richard Roblee (United States)
Phenotyping for future anatomical change: AI-based technologies for predictable outcomes
Audrey Yoon (United States)
Personalized solutions in MMA surgery
David Alfi (United States)
Adjunctive procedure to improve the aesthetic outcomes of MMA surgery
Michael Gunson (United States)
Sleep, rhythm, behavior and environmental challenges
The air we breathe while asleep
Miguel Meira e Cruz (Portugal)
Beyond AHI: The relationship between disordered nasal breathing and sleep apnea in children: From an epidemiological study
Shintaro Chiba (Japan)
Is there a time to expand?
Fabrizia d’Apuzzo (Italy)
The psychosocial aspects of the OSA patient: Care and environmental influences
Pat McBride (United States)
Course Program
ASAP Pathway Satellite Course
Business Considerations: Are you Ready to Leave Restorative Practice?
Michelle Weddle (United States)
When the Anatomy is Not Enough: How to Implement Laboratory Testing in the Dental Office
Stacy Becker (United States)
Infant Section – Considering the Infant-Mother Dyad in the Complex Business of Infant Frenectomy
Tracy Tran (United States)
How to Grow your Airway Practice Through Social Media
Tracey Nguyen (United States)
Why Dental Hygienists are the First Responders in Recognizing Airway Dysfunction
Nerissa Boggan (United States)
Unlocking the Sleep Study Analysis, Wearable Technology, and Applications
Umakanth Katwa (United States)
Jerald Simmons (United States)
