# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Dentist’s Role in Breathing and Airway Support
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am – Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Delivery: In-Person Lecture & Hands-On
Speaker: Stephen Carstensen, DDS
Location: Washington AGD Global Learning Center, 19415 International Blvd, 410, SeaTac, WA

Subject Codes: (730) Oral Medicine, Oral Diagnosis, Oral Pathology
Credit Hours: 8.0
Course Format: Lecture & Hands-on

Tuition: Lecture & Hands-On
AGD Member Dentists: $495.00
Non-AGD Member Dentists: $795.00
UWSOD AGD Dental Student Member (D1-D4): $99.00
Included with Tuition:
A light breakfast, lunch, parking, and all hands-on materials are provided for attendees.

Course Description
Tens of millions of adults are at risk for breathing-related sleep disorders. Millions of children are growing into health problems because of unrecognized craniofacial dystrophy. Dentists are the front line of a new wave of healthcare providers focused on addressing respiration as the fundamental of health. In this busy day, learners will appreciate the key role they must play in identification, diagnosis, and management of breathing and airway support at every age. Dentists are the only part of healthcare who can recognize growth and development problems in young children, assess adults for jaw movement and function, order a custom mandibular advancement device, and manage ongoing airway problems in adults. We can coordinate airway support with oral health preventive efforts to improve health at many levels. Today’s technology allows greater insight into physiology than ever before, simpler, faster, and cheaper.

Learning Objectives
*Appreciate the powerful position dentistry has in medicine to effectively impact community health
*Understand common sleep medicine terminology and important biosignals related to sleep and intermittent hypoxia
*Identify people who may be at risk for breathing related sleep disorders and understand the next steps
*Fabricate myTAP professional interim mandibular advancement devices and AM Aligners
*Discuss with their team and their patients the importance of addressing poor breathing both day and night and make action plans to include breathing support protocols as part of everyday dentistry
*Begin therapy on select patients with confidence matching a custom device to their needs
*Assess their own body oxygen level tolerance score and how to improve it.
*Have a working understanding of current technology and how it can improve sleep and breathing therapy.

Meet Your Speaker: Steve Carstensen, DDS, Diplomate, American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine

Dr.  Carstensen is a skilled dentist serving patients in Bellevue, Washington. He also serves as a consultant to the American Dental Association for sleep-related breathing disorders and co-author of a textbook for dentists treating the disease.

In 1983, Dr. Carstensen graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in Houston, Texas. Afterward, he and his wife, Midge, a dental hygienist, started a private general dentistry practice in Texas before moving to their native Seattle in 1990.

In 1996 he achieved a fellowship in the Academy of General Dentists in recognition of over 3000 hours of advanced education in dentistry, with an increasing amount of time in practice and classwork devoted to sleep medicine.

A lifelong educator, Dr. Carstensen, is currently the sleep education director for both Pankey Institute and Spear Education, recognized as among the finest places for dentists to further their education.

As a volunteer leader for the American Dental Association, he was a program chairman and general chairman for the Annual Session, the biggest educational event the association sponsors.

For the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, he’s been a board member, secretary-treasurer, and president-elect. In 2006 he achieved certification from the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/des-moines/the-dentist’s-role-in-breathing-and-airway-support/200029031931758
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, workshops, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Des Moines
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 19415 International Blvd, Ste 410, SeaTac, WA, United States, Washington 98188
- **lat**: 47.42873
- **long**: -122.29621
- **full address**: 19415 International Blvd, Ste 410, SeaTac, WA, United States, Washington 98188, 19415 International Blvd, Seatac, WA 98188-5309, United States, Des Moines

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Dentist’s Role in Breathing and Airway Support being held?
  - **A:** The Dentist’s Role in Breathing and Airway Support takes place on Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am to Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 05:00 pm at 19415 International Blvd, Ste 410, SeaTac, WA, United States, Washington 98188, 19415 International Blvd, Seatac, WA 98188-5309, United States, Des Moines.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Dentist’s Role in Breathing and Airway Support?
  - **A:** The Dentist’s Role in Breathing and Airway Support is organized by Washington Academy of General Dentistry.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Dentist’s Role in Breathing and Airway Support is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Des Moines, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Dentist’s Role in Breathing and Airway Support sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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