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December 16, 2021

TMJ & Airway Dentistry with Dr. Michael Gelb on Humpday Happy Hour™

🎉Author, speaker, and overall TMJ expert Dr. Michael Gelb gave us some great info on this week’s Humpday Happy Hour™! Tune in to learn how airway & sleep medicine could have more to do with dentistry than you already know👀 Dr. Michael Gelb is a highly rated author and speaker on TMJ, sleep apnea, sleep disorders and chronic headache treatments. After graduating from Columbia University with a DDS degree, he received his MS degree at SUNY Buffalo in Neuromuscular Research. Dr.Gelb went on to become Clinical Professor at NYU where he directed the TMJ and Orofacial Pain program. Dr Gelb provides solutions for dentists to incorporate Airway and Sleep into their practices. He is also the co-founder of The Foundation of Airway Health and its Airway Summit. Dr.Gelb is the coauthor of “GASP: Airway Health - The Hidden Path to Wellness” and maintains a private practice in NYC and White Plains. He has pioneered AirwayCentric Medical and Dental education and recently developed the ACG Day Night Appliance System. ✨Follow Dr. Gelb: Website: https://www.gelbcenter.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thegelbcenter/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drgelb/ Timestamps: 1:45 - Guest intro 4:30 - Dental journey 7:55 - Benefits of understanding TMJ diagnosis 17:46 - How early should you think about orthodontics? 24:00 - How do orthodontics relate to TMJ? 29:45 - Orthodontic training 31:45 - Getting the same page as the medical field 36:00 - Nightguards: good or bad? 39:50 - Close 📺Make sure you subscribe to catch live discussions with the DINKs every Wednesday at 8:30 EST! https://www.youtube.com/@dentistsintheknow 🌟Stay up to date on all the latest dental trends with the DINKs: https://linktr.ee/dentistsintheknow