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The Field,
Curated.
Trusted organizations, films, podcasts, and communities helping move airway-centered care into the mainstream. For clinicians, families, and health seekers ready to understand why breathing connects to everything.
Featured Awareness Resource
Documentary FilmOut of Breath
A film by George T. Nierenberg
Out of Breath
A powerful public-awareness documentary from acclaimed filmmaker George T. Nierenberg, bringing sleep apnea out of the shadows through the stories of real people whose lives were disrupted by undiagnosed or misunderstood sleep-disordered breathing.
"Why it belongs here: Out of Breath turns sleep apnea from an abstract diagnosis into a human story. It helps families recognize the signs, gives clinicians a better way to start the conversation, and invites communities to pay attention."
Explore the FilmOrganizations Moving the Field Forward
Airway-centered care is not one discipline, one device, or one opinion. It is a growing field of clinicians, educators, researchers, advocates, and families connecting what should have been connected all along. These resources are a starting point for better questions, better referrals, and better care.
AACP
American Academy of Craniofacial Pain
A professional home for clinicians who want to understand craniofacial pain, TMD, appliance therapy, sleep, and airway through a more complete clinical lens. AACP brings structure, training, and community to one of the most important crossroads in modern care.
"Pain and airway are neighbors. AACP helps clinicians stop treating them like strangers."
Best for: Dentists, craniofacial pain clinicians, airway-focused teams, and providers ready to connect the dots
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AADSM
American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
A major professional society dedicated to dental sleep medicine, including oral appliance therapy for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.
"Dental sleep medicine belongs in the airway conversation. AADSM helps clinicians understand that role with structure and standards."
Best for: Dentists, dental teams, patients seeking qualified providers
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AAPMD
American Academy of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry
A multidisciplinary organization focused on airway physiology, sleep, craniofacial development, performance, and medical-dental collaboration.
"Where medicine and dentistry finally sit at the same table."
Best for: Physicians, dentists, interdisciplinary clinicians
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IAOM
International Association of Orofacial Myology
A foundational nonprofit organization in orofacial myology and certification, helping establish professional standards for orofacial myofunctional therapy.
"Myofunctional therapy deserves standards. IAOM helped build them."
Best for: Myofunctional therapists, SLPs, dentists
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AOMT
Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
Education for clinicians and the public on orofacial myofunctional therapy, including the muscle patterns that influence breathing, swallowing, tongue posture, and craniofacial function.
"Tongue posture, swallowing, breathing, growth. AOMT helps people see the chain reaction."
Best for: Clinicians, families, public learners
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ABDSM
American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine
A credentialing body for dentists pursuing Diplomate status in dental sleep medicine. Useful for clinicians seeking advanced recognition and patients learning how to evaluate provider training.
"When patients ask how to know a dentist has sleep training, credentials matter. ABDSM is one place to start."
Best for: Clinicians seeking credentials, patients vetting providers
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ABCDSM
American Board of Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine
Independent testing and proficiency validation in craniofacial dental sleep medicine, focused on the relationship between craniofacial structure and sleep-disordered breathing.
"The craniofacial layer matters. This board keeps that conversation front and center."
Best for: Orthodontists, dentists, craniofacial specialists
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NAAFO
North American Association of Facial Orthotropics
A resource focused on facial growth guidance, oral posture, craniofacial development, and airway-supportive approaches to early intervention.
"Airway starts with how the face grows. Early guidance changes the entire conversation."
Best for: Orthodontists, pediatric dentists, parents of young children
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Podcasts & Conversations Worth Sharing
The DOC Podcast — Airway Episodes
Clinician conversations on sleep medicine, airway treatment, and interdisciplinary care, including airway-focused episodes with leaders in dental sleep medicine and craniofacial care.
"Not every episode is airway-focused. The ones that are belong on your shortlist."
Best for: Clinicians, dental and medical practitioners
Listen to Airway EpisodesAirway Answers
Hosted by Nicole Goldfarb through Airway Circle, this show explores breathing, craniofacial growth, myofunctional disorders, oral ties, feeding, swallowing, sleep, fascia, and multidisciplinary care.
"A strong on-ramp for clinicians and families learning how connected the airway world really is."
Best for: Clinicians, SLPs, myofunctional therapists, parents
Listen to Airway AnswersThe Beauty of Breathing
Also from Airway Circle, this show explores breathing, sleep, myofunctional therapy, and gut-brain health in a way that is approachable for health seekers and still useful for practitioners.
"The title says it all: breathing as something worth understanding, not just treating."
Best for: Clinicians, health seekers, patients, families
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Airway Circle
Airway Health Community & Education Platform
An online education and community platform for clinicians and parents exploring airway health, myofunctional therapy, sleep, growth, and collaborative care.
"Rare combination: useful for clinicians, approachable for parents at 11pm searching for answers."
Best for: Clinicians, parents, interdisciplinary learners
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