Transform Your Practice with Airway-Focused Dental Care
Join the Airway Center Team at OHSU school of dentistry for an engaging and educational course in airway focused appliance therapy treatment. Gain the strategies, tools and training that will transform lives.
What You'll Get
Hands-On Clinical Training: Participate in practical, hands-on sessions with live patients to strengthen your clinical skills.
Case-Based Learning: Review in-depth case studies demonstrating the clinical impact and importance of airway health in dentistry.
Research Participation: Contribute to ongoing research focused on integrating airway screening and treatment into standard dental practice.
Continuing Education Credits: Earn CE credits through the OHSU School of Dentistry Continuing Education Program.
Why Dental Professionals Choose the Airway Center
Enhanced patient outcomes through integrative dental care
Expand your services and attract new patients
Build collaborative relationships with healthcare providers
Open new revenue streams for your practice
Join a community of like-minded professionals
Session Details
Early Orthodontic Treatment: Setting the Stage for
Success
Upcoming Session July 31st, 2026
Location
OHSU School of Dentistry
2730 SW Moody Ave, Portland, OR
8 CE Credits
2 lecture
4 participation
Session Dates and Times
Session 3
April 17th , 2026
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Session 4
July 31st , 2026
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Session 5
Oct 23rd, 2026
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Course Agenda Session 3
7:30am - 8:00am
Registration
8:00am - 9:30am
Lecture with Dr. Maryum Motlagh- CEO of MyoAligner
9:30am - 12:00pm
Hands on w/ patients
12:00am - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lecture w/ Dr. Richard Teel- Orthodontist with over 40 years experience
2:00pm - 4:30pm
Hands on w/ Patients
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Q&A
Course Agenda
7:30am - 8:00am: Registration
8:00am - 10:00am : Lecture/Case Studies
10:00am - 11:00am: Hands on w/ Models
11:00am - 1:00pm: Hands on w/ Patients
1:00pm - 1:45pm: Lunch
1:45pm - 3:00pm: Hands on w/ Patients
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Q&A
Course Description
Dr. Nathan Tanners Teachings with the assistance of Airway Center colleagues brings over a decade of experience studying, developing, and teaching airway-centered orthodontic concepts, helping guide colleagues in treatment philosophies beyond traditional extraction and retractive methods. With a focus on early intervention, functional appliances, and natural jaw development, this session will highlight practical strategies and clinical considerations intended to support patient outcomes, expand treatment possibilities, and help elevate practices interested in airway-focused care.
Target Audience: Dentists and Dental Teams
Learning Objectives
Correct and guide an optimal environment for normal occlusal development in the all primary, mixed or permanent dentition.
Identify, correct and guide a developing malocclusion to a normal occlusion in the all primary dentition ages 2-5, mixed dentition or permanent dentition.
Understand the earliest times that intervention is possible to support healthy craniofacial development.
Perform orthodontic screening on patients starting as early as age 2 and gain competence in delivering a Tanner Airway Appliance at any age.
Explain why early intervention of adverse dental, skeletal, or soft tissue relationships may be preferable to delayed treatment which often require greater effort in the future.
Meet the Founder of the Airway Center
Dr. Nathan Tanner
Dr. Tanner graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and pursued his dental education at Oregon Health and Science University, completing his degree in 2007.
His journey into airway orthodontics began in 2010. Initially focusing on adult sleep apnea appliances, he expanded his practice to treat younger children, recognizing the importance of early intervention. In 2014, he became one of the first Myobrace certified providers in the United States.
Dr. Tanner participated in numerous training programs, including a General Orthodontics Residency study club focusing on Airway Orthodontics and Neuromuscular Dentistry, an Orthotropics mini-residency on airway and early jaw development, and training on ALF/Crozat with the American Academy of Gnathological Orthodontics.
His passion eventually led him to build a system centered on airway health and jaw development, and in 2020 he founded the Airway Center. Today, rather than serving as the treating clinician in this area, Dr. Tanner focuses on teaching, mentoring, and supporting other doctors, while continuing to lecture on the importance of airway health and expanded treatment options for patients.
Why Professionals Trust This for Themselves,
Their Families & Patients
Talks about her excitement about the Airway Center techniques and training.
- Dr. Alex Dahm
Dr. Bo Crofoot talks about his experience with the Airway Center and the amazing results he is seeing with patients.
"The compliance with patients is higher and the results are life changing!"
- Dr. Mandeep Johal
Dr. Todd talks about his experience with the Airway Center and the results he got with his daughter!
Dr. Ryan Williams shares his experience and the result he has gotten with himself, his daughter and his patients!
Dr. Al Borromeo talks about this experience with the Airway Center and why he decided to treat himself and his patients!
Become a part of our team! The Exclusive
Airway Center Training
That helps Dental professionals expand their practice and
help patients achieve optimal airway health .
Airway Center
Transforming lives through comprehensive airway treatment. We help you breathe better, sleep better, and live better.
Our clinicians are trained in advanced airway-centered dentistry.
Location
2730 S. Moody Ave.
Portland, OR 97201
Free parking available on-site
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