Introduction to Airway and Functional Orthodontics Atlanta

Become the Airway Dentist Your Community Needs

Introduction to Airway and Functional Orthodontics
Atlanta, GA |  July 17-18, 2026

Modern dentistry is changing. The practices leading the future aren't just restoring teeth; they're improving breathing, sleep, facial development, and lifelong health.

Your Patients Are Already Asking These Questions. Are You Ready to Answer Them?

Patients are searching for answers that traditional dentistry often overlooks: chronic congestion, poor sleep, crowded teeth, a child who snores or breathes through their mouth. 

They don't always know to call it "airway." But you can learn to recognize it, screen for it, and treat it.

This two-day immersive course gives you the clinical framework to do exactly that...starting the Monday after you leave Phoenix.

What You'll Walk Away Able to Do

This isn't theory. It's a practical, hands-on foundation you can implement immediately:

  • Recognize airway disorders during routine exams (before they become bigger problems).
  • Screen patients efficiently, without adding hours to your day
  • Interpret CBCT with greater clarity, spotting what you may have been missing
  • Understand growth and craniofacial development, so you can identify concerns earlier
  • Introduce functional orthodontic concepts into your treatment planning
  • Build comprehensive, confident treatment plans grounded in real clinical frameworks

You'll leave with systems and support, not just information you have to figure out how to apply on your own.

Why Practices Are Investing in Airway Education

Airway-focused care isn't just better for patients. It's a meaningful shift for your practice:

  • Differentiate your practice in a crowded market
  • Increase treatment opportunities you weren't previously trained to see
  • Improve case acceptance by helping patients understand the full picture of their health
  • Strengthen interdisciplinary referrals with physicians, myofunctional therapists, and specialists
  • Deliver better long-term outcomes for the patients who trust you most

Sometimes one new case can offset the full investment in your education.

This Isn't Just CE. It's a Different Way to Practice Dentistry.

Join a growing community of providers helping patients breathe better, sleep better, and live healthier lives, while building practices that stand apart from the rest.

The future of dentistry starts with the airway. And it starts with you.  Reserve your seat today!

Course Details

  • Dates: July 17 - 18, 2026
  • Location: Atlanta, GA
    AC Hotel Atlanta Midtown

    53 14th Street NE Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 30309

  •  Format: Two-day, in-person, hands-on immersive training

  •  Investment: $4,999 USD

  • The course will begin at 8 am each day and end at 5 pm.
  • 16 hours of CE will be provided
  • AGD subject code is 710, 180, 310, 430

Dr. Sarah Johnson

 a graduate of UGA for undergraduate and Medical College of Georgia for dental school has spoken around the USA on the topic of clear aligners and functional orthodontics. Her practice is located outside of Atlanta, Ga where she focuses on dental airway orthodontics, also known as functional orthodontics. This is her personal passion as her own son had tethered oral tissues resulting in many parenting and health difficulties in his early years. She aims to ensure more dentists are educated to be able to help parents like her get answers for their children’s health

Dr. Stephanie Joy Sweeney

Dr. Stephanie Joy Sweeney also a graduate of UGA and Medical College of Georgia began her dental airway education with the Breathe Institute and became so fascinated with the oral and breathing connections she went on to do a maxi residency program from Tufts university in TMD and dental sleep medicine. She practices in Savannah, Ga where she brings truly comprehensive treatment to her patients. She is passionate about treating root cause issues and helping patients and fellow dentists connected the dots between symptoms and solutions for sleep disordered breathing!