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BUILD CLINICAL CONFIDENCE AND TRANSFORM YOUR PRACTICE

The Guided Growth and Development Comprehensive Program equips you and your team with advanced tools, innovative appliance protocols, and practical strategies to integrate airway-centered care seamlessly into your practice. You’ll gain hands-on experience with the Vivos Guide System and master evidence-based techniques that support optimal craniofacial growth, airway development, and long-term wellness in children.

This immersive training also prepares you to manage complex cases with confidence, from myofunctional therapy to tongue-tie management, while providing your team with the skills to deliver consistent, measurable improvements in patient care. By completing this program, your practice will be empowered to enhance outcomes, elevate standards of care, and become a recognized leader in pediatric airway-centered treatment.

UNLOCK THE FUTURE OF PEDIATRIC CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT

Join us in Denver, Colorado for an immersive 3-day hands-on workshop at The Vivos Institute, where you will gain practical, real-world experience in pediatric craniofacial development. Through direct patient interactions, expert guidance, and skill application, you and your team will leave with the confidence to elevate your standard of care.

Program Highlights

  • 3-Day Hands-On Workshop: Featuring live patient demonstrations for real-world application.
  • Comprehensive Clinical Training: Master the Vivos Guides Appliances and Vivos PEx protocols.
  • Operational Training: Seamlessly integrate advanced solutions into your dental practice.
  • Adjunctive Services: Learn myofunctional therapy, billing strategies, and tongue-tie management.
  • Case Review: Collaborate with experts to analyze and discuss real-world patient cases.
  • Practical Application: Gain confidence through live patient interactions and immediate skill use.
  • Online Learning Access: One year of self-paced, flexible training modules to reinforce expertise.

WHY CHOOSE THE VIVOS INSTITUTE®?

At The Vivos Institute®, we are the leading authority in sleep and airway medicine, offering transformative education that empowers providers and their teams to deliver exceptional patient care.

Innovative Pediatric Training

Learn cutting-edge techniques in guided craniofacial growth and airway development using the Vivos Guide System.

Comprehensive Clinical Expertise

Gain hands-on experience, live case analysis, and practical strategies to confidently implement advanced pediatric care.

Team-Centered Learning

Train your entire practice to work seamlessly together, ensuring consistent, measurable improvements in patient outcomes.

Evidence-Based Approach

Build skills grounded in the latest research on craniofacial growth, airway health, and functional development in children ages 3–12.

MEET THE EXPERTS

Ruth Hembree

Ruth Hembree

Ruth Hembree has been in dentistry for over 18 years on the operational side. She has worked for a large DSO overseeing practices in several states; she has consulted for dental practices throughout the DFW market and helped start and organize a small dental service organization.

Her operational and people development experience includes her work for Target as an executive and Victoria’s Secret in store support. In addition, Ruth has experience as a facilitator of the Leadership Challenge and has extensive executive training experience. Currently, Ruth is the senior vice president of practice services for Vivos as well as an instructor at The Vivos Institute, training Vivos Integrated Providers and their teams with implementation support.

Kacy Jo, DMD

Kacy Jo, DMD

Dr. Kacy Jo received her Doctor of Dental Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Starting in 2020, Dr. Jo shifted her career from general dentistry to airway-focused dentistry. This included treating patients of all ages in skeletal underdevelopment, TMD, as well as performing functional frenuloplasty of the tongue and lips. Dr. Jo works at the Vivos Center in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. She was recently nominated by the organization to become a clinical advocate to lead and guide other Vivos providers. 

LeighAnne D'Avanzo RDH, QOM

LeighAnne D'Avanzo RDH, QOM

A Dedicated Dental Hygienist and Accomplished Myofunctional Therapist, LeighAnne is a dental industry veteran with over thirty years of experience. LeighAnne, along with her husband and three grown children, calls South Florida home. Her extensive expertise in Myofunctional Therapy is highly regarded, having previously owned her own practice where she provided patients with tailored treatments.

Presently, LeighAnne serves as the Vice President of the MyoCorrect Department at Vivos Therapeutics, Inc.

LeighAnne’s qualifications extend beyond her coursework in Myofunctional Therapy to include her “QOM” status, making her a Qualified Orofacial Myologist. Her specialty lies in treating Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders, whether inperson or via Telemedicine. Leigh Anne is passionate about helping individuals become their best selves and takes great pride in her work.

When she’s not working, LeighAnne enjoys shelling at the beach with her loved ones.

Brian Kraft, DDS

Brian Kraft, DDS

Brian Kraft, DDS, is a board-certified general and cosmetic dentist at Payson Dental and Orthodontics in West Payson, Utah, with more than 15 years of experience. He earned his Doctor of Dental Medicine from the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine, in Aurora, and enjoys helping patients of all ages perfect their beautiful smiles.
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TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN REVOLUTIONIZING PEDIATRIC CARE

Join the Guided Growth and Development Comprehensive Program and transform the way your practice supports children’s health. Gain hands-on experience, master advanced airway-centered techniques, and equip your team to deliver lasting improvements in growth, breathing, and overall wellness. Don’t wait—enroll today and start making a measurable difference in your patients’ lives from day one.

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The Vivos Institute® is an Accredited Provider for Continuing Dental Education.


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