Total Health Conference 2019

ABOUT

Healthcare practitioners from over 10 disciplines are invited to the #TotalHealth Conference 2019 – at the Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers, Century City, Cape Town on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 October, where top international and local experts will present on topics linking serious health issues and non-communicable systemic conditions to Dento-oral/facial and cranial development, breathing and posture. 

The conference will showcase the latest research in the field of orthotropics, Airways Dentistry and related non-communicable medical co-morbidities.

An integrated, interdisciplinary approach from all practitioners is essential to help screen, diagnose and treat breathing and sleep disorders and the associated medical co-morbidities in both paediatric and adult patients, from the point of conception to the grave. The #TotalHealth Conference will focus on the recognition, screening, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of these conditions.

Bad oral posture and poor jaw structure and position be develop from very early on in life and affect the function of the airways and consequently negatively impact on normal growth and development of an individual. Symptoms of bad oral posture can include disrupted sleep, obstructive sleep apnoea, asthma and increased allergies, diabetes, poor gut health, ADD & ADHD. Influencing factors are; breastfeeding, diet, nutrition, allergies, tongue tie and posture. 

Who Should Attend

• Dentists
• MaxilloFacial & Oral surgeon
• ENT Specialists
• Orthodontists
• Sleep Therapists
• General Medical and Dental Practitioners
• Cardiologists
• Pulmonologists
• Nutritionists
• Physicians
• Physiotherapists
• Psychologists
• Physical Trainers
• Breastfeeding Specialists
• Dental Technicians 
• Chiropractors

Speaker Topics Include

• Airway Dentistry: Why the Hype
• Conceptual thinking in Dental Sleep Medicine
• TMJ, Airway, the Dentist and the ENT
• From Dentistry to Medicine - The evolution of treatments of TMD and Sleep
• Cause of malocclusion; a hidden syndrome
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Tongue-tie
• Pathology of malocclusion; putting the pieces together
• Cure of malocclusion; changing faces
• OrthotropicS made simple; and the future of orthodontics
• Technology – HST – SI vs PSG; Nasal and/or Pharyngeal snoring
• Postural Neurology in Dental Practice
• Why Breastfeeding Matters for Oro-Facial Development
• Baby-led Weaning: a Natural Progression

Speakers include (more tbc)

UK based Dr Michael Mew lecturer and lead clinician at the London School of Facial Orthotropics.

UK based Dr Gill Rapley Owner of London-based Rapley Weaning and author of Baby-led Weaning (BLW).

SA based Dr Dittmar Eichhoff General dentist with a special interest in airway dentistry.

US based Dr Steven Olmos Internationally recognized lecturer and researcher and the founder of the TMJ and Sleep Therapy Centres International. 

US based Dr Krista Burns Chiropractic doctor and specialist in postural neurology – posture, airways and neurology.

UK based Patrick Mckeown Practitioner-trainer of the Buteyko Breathing Technique (BBT) for non-pharmaceutical treatment of asthma and other respiratory disorders, founder of Asthma Care Clinics in Ireland and author of self-help books.

US based Dr Roger Price Respiratory Physiologist and Integrative Health Consultant - more than 20 years ago, Roger Price coined the term BREATHING DISORDERED SLEEP.|

GERMANY based Dr Karl Haushofer Dentist who specializes in dental-sleep-medical treatment.

CPD points apply - x14 for both full days and x7 for one full day.

Please provide your HPCSA Medical Number when booking your ticket.

For more information visit www.totalhealthconference.co.za

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(Paid delegates will be invited to a private Facebook Group for event discussions)

To contact us email [email protected] or call 082 659 9187.

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