WHO IT'S FOR

What You Will Learn

• Identify OMDs with confidence
• Move from screening to therapy planning
• Learn on-demand + join live office hours
• Recognize key OMD patterns and red flags
• Use FAIREST 6+4 and screening workflows
• Translate assessment into care planning
• Communicate clearly with patients and teams
• Foundations
• Evolution of OMT from early roots to modern practice
• Key figures and milestones in Australia, the US, Brazil, and beyond
• The Breathe Institute’s contributions to research, protocols, and collaboration
• OMDs and who benefits
• What OMDs are and why they affect health and development
• How to recognize and identify OMDs in clinic
• Patient groups that benefit from OMT: OSA, TMJ-D, orthodontic cases, pediatrics, adults
• Anatomy and physiology essentials
• Muscular system overview: tongue, facial and oropharyngeal structures, clinical implications
• Skeletal system overview: facial bones, TMJ, cranio-cervical relationships, clinical implications
• Common skeletal anomalies and what they mean for care: cleft, Down syndrome, Pierre Robin, Ehlers-Danlos, craniofacial dysostosis, tori
• Nervous system regulation and its role in orofacial function
• Craniofacial growth and how development shapes breathing, speech, and eating
• Assessment and clinical presentations
• Patient history and symptom review that maps to OMDs
• Recognize compensation patterns, especially pre-release for tongue and lip ties
• Functional breathing questionnaires for children and adults: administration and interpretation
• Subjective and objective measurement basics, including when CBCT adds value
• Clinical tools and protocols
• Breathe Institute MFT protocol and clinical tools you can apply immediately
• FAIREST 6 for children and FAIREST 6+4 for adults: red flags and scoring
• Home sleep studies: how to use and interpret within scope
• Advanced techniques: bite blocks, Floor of Mouth Hold, palatal flutter
• Imaging and metrics: CBCT orientation and research-grade measuring tools
• Grading scales that support consistent documentation and decision-making
• Professional practice
• Scope of practice, ethics, and risk management
• Business models for adding MYO to a practice
• Real-world examples with Q&A
• Space-saver version for tight layouts
• History of OMT and TBI’s role
• Define OMDs, why they matter, who benefits
• Muscle, skeletal, nervous, and growth basics that drive function
• Patient history, symptom mapping, compensation patterns
• Functional breathing questionnaires for kids and adults
• FAIREST 6 and FAIREST 6+4, MFT protocol, grading scales
• Home sleep studies, bite blocks, FOM Hold, palatal flutter
• CBCT orientation and measuring tools
• Scope, ethics, and business integration with Q&A