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Course Preview: The Critical Connection: Airway, Inflammation and TMD

Why do our patients brux, wear their teeth, have sore muscles, headaches, malocclusions, periodontal disease, abfractions and gastric reflux? Let’s take a medical look at the world of Dentistry for answers!

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the etiology of most dental concerns
  • Utilize a comprehensive “Integrative Dental Medicine Checklist” to simplify the learning and implementation of the concept.
  • Recognize how systemic inflammation, airway-breathing disorders and TMD-malocclusions are linked.

If you are interested in learning more about this topic, join Dr. Wilkerson for his two-day live stream course, Airway, Inflammation and TMD - The Critical Connection. Learn more here

Picture of Dr. DeWitt Wilkerson

DeWitt Wilkerson, DMD is the Resident Expert of Integrative Dental Medicine at The Dawson Academy and has been a Senior Faculty Member for over 25 years. Dr. Wilkerson joined Dr. Peter Dawson’s private practice in 1982 and co-owns DuPont & Wilkerson Dentistry in St. Petersburg, Florida with fellow Senior Faculty Member Dr. Glenn DuPont.