Ep. 3: "Hanging with Dr. Bill Hang - All About Orthotropics, ERRRS, and More!"

Airway Answers with Nicole Goldfarb: Expanding Your Breath of Knowledge

Welcome to the "Airway Answers: Expanding your Breath of Knowledge". with Nicole Goldfarb, M.A. CCC, SLP- COM®. In this episode of "Hanging with Dr. Bill Hang", Nicole Goldfarb interviews Dr. William Hang, the pioneer of Extraction Retraction Regret Syndrome and one of the most respected orthodontists in our nation. William M Hang, DDS MSD has committed his career to advancing a way of thinking in orthodontics that rejects traditional retractive techniques in patients of all ages. He understands that one treatment cannot fit every patient, and over the years, has used his experience to develop his techniques that are designed to:
- Develop the jaws forward (never backward)
- Create better facial balance and more pleasing facial appearance
- Protect and/or expand the airway
- Produce broad smiles that are complete to the corners of the mouth
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ABOUT THE HOST:
Nicole Goldfarb, M.A. CCC, SLP- COM® is a Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Orofacial Myologist, an International speaker, author, Ambassador for the Breathe Institute, a Talk Tools educational partner, and has served on the faculty for the Sleep Education Consortium and Airway, Sleep, and Pediatrics Pathway (ASAP) program.
Nicole has completed over 50 presentations nationally and internationally to medical and dental professionals, graduate school residents, and the general public on orofacial myofunctional therapy as it relates to sleep-disordered breathing in both children and adults.
She is the author of a 2023 article in Dental Sleep Practice Magazine “Why Every Dentist and Orthodontist Should Have an Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist on Their Team”.
Nicole also wrote an article for Sleep World Magazine for sleep MDs, respiratory technicians, and other sleep specialists titled “How to Restore Proper Rest: How orofacial myofunctional therapy can aid in the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing”, published 8/2024.
She is also the author of a two-part chapter on orofacial myofunctional therapy in a medical textbook “Growing Into Breathing Problems: The Collaborative Quest For Lifetime Solutions” with the world renowned editors Dr. David Gozal, MD, Dr. Bill Harrell (orthodontist), and Dr. David McIntosh (ENT).
Nicole is the author of a children’s book series “The Adventures of Captain Airway and Mr. Mighty Mouth”, helping to bring airway insight to young children, their parents, teachers, and other medical professionals.
She is on the Child Airway Initiative Task Force (CAST), which is a national team of doctors, dentists, and orthodontists developing a universal screening tool for all dentists to use to screen patients for sleep-disordered breathing as per the 10/2017 American Dental Association proposal that all dentists should screen all patients for sleep-disordered breathing.
Nicole is the owner of San Diego Center For Speech Therapy & Myofunctional Therapy. She currently serves as a mentor and consultant to patients, professionals, and colleagues nationally and internationally in the field of orofacial myofunctional therapy. Nicole combines her background and skills in Psychology, Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology to provide effective and result-based evaluations, therapy, consultations, and mentorship for children and adults of all ages. She has a special passion and interest in sleep-disordered breathing and diagnosing restricted frenums as they relate to myofunctional disorders. Nicole’s life-long quest is to help in the early identification and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and airway issues.
For more on Nicole, visit her practice: www.sandiegocenterforspeechtherapy.com.
Follow her Facebook: San Diego Center for Speech Therapy
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