We are hosting Dr Acker and Hartrick to speak to Dentists and dental teams on the attached subject in Kelowna Sept 13 and 14, 2019 at the Kelowna Yacht Club. The event is also open to physicians and ancillary professionals interested in creating a referral community to assist patients with Airway Issues.
Dr Acker and Hartrick are experts in the field of Airway and airway analysis.
Their article HERE.
Dr. Hartrick
Dr. Nancy Hartrick returned to her hometown in 1988 and founded Hartrick Dentistry in Royal Oak, Michigan, a prominent suburb of Detroit. Nominated by her peers annually as one of the Top Dentists in the Detroit area, Dr. Hartrick has developed a reputation for outstanding dental treatment and oral health care. She stays up to date regularly through hours of continuing education to ensure her patients receive care that supports current advances in dental treatment and wellness-based dentistry.
Dr. Hartrick attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan for eight years. She graduated with distinction earning a BS degree in Nutritional Science, recognized by both the School of Literature Science and the Arts and the School of Public Health. She continued her education at the School of Dentistry and earned her DDS degree.
Throughout the years, Dr. Hartrick has completed many advanced dental educational curricula as well as leadership and management programs. During the last 18 years she has been most active with the Kois Center, Advancing Dentistry Through Science, in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Hartrick is both a Clinical Instructor and member of the Advisory Board. Additionally, she chairs the Q&A Facilitator Committee and is active on the Editorial Board. Over the last several years she has had three dental articles published and has edited several others. Most recently she co-authored “Addressing Sleep-related Breathing Disorders – Dentistry’s role in a multidisciplinary treatment network”, which was published in “Inside Dentistry” in December 2018.
In the past few years, Dr. Hartrick completed the Airway Mini Residency in New Jersey, taught by Drs. Mark Cruz and Barry Raphael, as well as an Orthotropic Concept Series in. Dr. Hartrick recently supported her two hygienists in 120 hours of training for orofacial myofunctional therapy, which is now provided in her office. This has allowed Hartrick Dentistry to better manage patient needs and provide more comprehensive care in health and wellness by focusing on the structure, function and behavior of the airway as it relates to dental and interdisciplinary practice.
Dr Acker
Dr. Steven Acker founded Elite Dental of Staten Island in 1989. Elite Dental is a Health and Wellness based practice that is focused on Airway Health and Total Body Wellness. He has also lectured extensively and serves as an Attending Doctor at The Brookdale Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY since 1982.
Dr. Acker is a Clinical Instructor and Advisory Board member at the prestigious Kois Center for Clinical Excellence in Seattle, Washington. He has studied under Dr. John Kois, one of the foremost dental educators in the world. He is also a Graduate of the Misch Dental Implant Institute. He has been a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantology.
Dr. Acker is a member of the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry and is a member of the Wellness Dentistry Network.
Throughout the years, Dr. Acker has completed many advanced dental educational curricula as well as leadership and management programs. During the last 18 years he has been most active with the Kois Center, Advancing Dentistry Through Science, in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Acker is both a Clinical Instructor and member of the Advisory Board at the Kois Center. Additionally, he is past Chariman of the Curriculum Committee. Over the last several years he has had three articles published. Most recently he co-authored “Addressing Sleep-related Breathing Disorders – Dentistry’s role in a multidisciplinary treatment network”, with Dr. Nancy Hartrick which was published in “Inside Dentistry” in December 2018.
In the last several years, Dr. Acker completed a full year Airway Mini Residency in New Jersey taught by Dr. Mark Cruz and Barry Raphael. Dr. Acker recently supported two staff members in 120 hours of training for orofacial myofunctional therapy, which is now provided in his office. This has allowed Elite Dental of Staten Island to better manage patient needs and provide more comprehensive care in health and wellness by focusing on the structure, function and behavior of the airway as it relates to dental and interdisciplinary practice.
His passion for the science and art of dentistry and his belief that Dentistry has a major role in the overall wellness and health of our patients keeps him committed to staying at the forefront of professional developments.
Dr. Acker believes that the Airway focused dentists should be the quarterback of an interdisciplinary group of physicians, dentists and other allied health professionals that understand the structure, function and behavior of the airway and breathing for our patients.
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