The Role of Orthodontics in Complete Health | William M. Hang, DDS, MSD

Healthy Breathing Has Never Been More Relevant - The Role of Orthodontics in Complete Health | William M. Hang, DDS, MSD

IAOMT Annual Conference in Nashville, TN
September 11, 2018

Learning Objectives:
1. The unique inter-relationship between poor facial balance, lack of tongue space and poor airways
2. Crowding can be resolved without extraction and with no retraction for teens and adults which preserves tongue space/airway
3. Re-opening previous orthodontic extraction spaces and/or orthographic surgery often enhances the airway

Dr. William Hang is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Dentistry and the University of Minnesota Orthodontic program where he briefly taught orthodontics. He then established a very traditional orthodontic practice in rural Vermont. After about seven years he became dissatisfied with the faces the traditional orthodontic approach produced and embarked on a continuing education journey that ultimately took him to 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
In the process he moved to Southern California and developed a truly unique orthodontic practice with strong emphasis on facial esthetics achieved with innovative early treatment and adult treatment, but also became aware of the significant positive affect some of his treatments were having on the airway. This opened up a whole new aspect of orthodontics - maximizing the airway for ALL orthodontic patients and specifically treating patients with SDB (sleep disordered breathing) or OSA (obstructive sleep apnea).
Having been re-opening previous extraction spaces since 1989, Dr Hang recognized a syndrome he named Extraction Retraction Regret Syndrome™ or E.R.R.S.™
Dr. Hang’s approach to orthodontics is a result of blending the best ideas from the best practitioners and adding his own unique experiences. He has spoken on orthodontics, facial esthetics and airway locally, nationally, and internationally and appeared on the British equivalent of “Sixty Minutes”. He was the Founding President of the North American Association of Facial Orthotropics®, is a board member of the American Association of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry, and is an advisor to the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy.

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