Transform Your Practice with Airway-Focused Dental Care
Join the Airway Center Team and gain the proven
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
April 17th, 2026
Date and Time
April 17th , 2026
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
OHSU School of Dentistry
2730 SW Moody Ave, Portland, OR
8 CE Credits
2 lecture
4 participation
Course Agenda
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 Tanner shares over a decade of clinical experience in airway-centered orthodontics, guiding colleagues beyond traditional extraction and retractive methods. With a focus on early intervention, functional appliances, and natural jaw development, this session will highlight practical strategies to improve patient outcomes, expand treatment possibilities, and elevate your practice with 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.
By 2019, his passion drove him to personally innovate, crafting custom appliances. This led him to officially establish the Airway Center in 2020, where Dr. Tanner began teaching other doctors his system.
Why Professionals Trust This for Themselves,
Their Families & 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!
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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
123 Health Center Drive, Suite 100 Portland, OR 97201
Free parking available on-site
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