Introduction to Sleep & Airway Medicine
A Proven Path from Knowledge to Implementation
Comprehensive Program with Integrated Online Training
The Sleep and Airway Health: A Proven Path Comprehensive Program gives you and your team the knowledge, hands-on skills, and clinical strategies to confidently diagnose and treat sleep-related breathing disorders and TMD. Through expert-led instruction and live patient demonstrations, you’ll master airway evaluation, treatment planning, and appliance integration that enhance patient outcomes and transform your practice.
Experience hands-on training with the Vivos Lifeline Appliances—the only FDA-cleared oral appliances designed to treat mild to severe obstructive sleep apnea in adults. Learn how to identify ideal candidates, fit and adjust appliances effectively, and deliver measurable, long-term improvements in patient health and quality of life.
By the end of this course, your entire team will be equipped with a proven, step-by-step system to integrate sleep and airway medicine seamlessly—elevating care standards, improving results, and positioning your practice for sustainable growth.
Gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to implement sleep and airway medicine in your practice immediately.
Program Highlights
At The Vivos Institute®, we are redefining the standard of dental education in sleep and airway medicine. As the nation’s leading training center in this field, we deliver accredited programs that combine advanced science, clinical mastery, and real-world application. Our comprehensive approach ensures that every participant—whether provider or team member—leaves prepared to integrate airway-centered dentistry confidently and effectively.
Learn from the top educators in dental sleep medicine with exclusive access to the only FDA-cleared oral appliances for mild to severe adult OSA.
Experience hands-on, evidence-based training with live patient cases, advanced diagnostics, and real-time treatment application.
Train your entire practice to deliver coordinated, consistent, and measurable improvements in patient outcomes.
Gain the tools and strategies to integrate sleep medicine successfully, enhance patient satisfaction, and expand your practice’s revenue potential.
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.
Dr. Haramandeep Singh is a board-certified sleep medicine specialist who evaluates and treats both adult and pediatric patients Dr. Singh is the CEO of iSleep Physicians and was one of the first physicians in the United States to be licensed in all 50 states and Washington DC. He has treated a significant number of patients with OSA, narcolepsy, and other sleep disorders and has extensive experience interpreting home sleep testing and telemedicine processes and platforms.
Dr. Esmaili grew up in Iran and immigrated to the United States when she was 20 years old to peruse her dream of becoming a doctor. Since graduating with honors from the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine in 2009, she has completed numerous advanced Continuing Education courses in the fields of craniofacial pain, TMJ disorder, and airway development, and currently focuses her clinical practice on the connection between oral and whole-body health.
She holds the prestigious position of being one of 24 North American consultants with 3M as part of the Council of Innovative Dentistry. She also serves as a member of educational committee at American Academy of Craniofacial Pain ( AACP).
More than just a practitioner, she is a passionate educator and goes out of her way to help her patients understand the ‘why’ behind the ‘what’ of the issues for which they’re seeking help. She is a certified personal trainer, specializing in posture corrective and is passionate about interconnectedness of the human body – from head & neck posture to jaw joint alignment to facial muscle tonicity to gait. In light of her profound realization that straight teeth cannot functional on crooked faces, she is on a mission to enlighten practitioners of all kinds of their ability to impact compensatory mechanisms that ultimately lead to the breakdown of our bodies and our health. She is eager to inspire patients and professionals alike to join her on her journey.
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.
Dr. Jon W. Caulfield owns and operates Epic Dentistry in Littleton, Colorado where he takes an integrated, whole health approach to dentistry, specializing in the areas of Sleep, Airway and TMJ. He has been fortunate to work alongside world leaders in neuromuscular occlusion and pneumopedics and is now
paying it forward, teaching hundreds of dentists worldwide how to integrate solutions for sleep, airway and TMJ into their practices. Dr. Caulfield is an instructor at the Institute for Craniofacial Sleep Medicine and leads the Clinical Advisory and Advocate Program at Vivos Therapeutics. A graduate of University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, Dr. Caulfield also holds an advanced graduate degree with Occlusion Connections and a diplomate status with the American Sleep and Breathing Academy.
Dr. Susan Sheahan graduated from Nova SE University and has over 20 years of experience. She is a member of the International Dental Implant Association, Academy of General Dentistry, ADA, FDA, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and an Ambassador of The Breathe Institute. Dr. Sheahan is passionate about Dental Sleep Medicine and how breathing and sleep disorders can lead to many health problems. She is also interested in how a tongue-tie can lead to sleep and breathing disorders and how functional frenuloplasty with myofunctional therapy can improve quality of life. Dr. Sheahan served in the Air Force as a dentist and received advanced training after dental school. She enjoys spending time with her horses and volunteering for her church.
Dr. James has completed extensive post-graduate training and is one of only four doctors in Colorado board-certified to perform a non-surgical, FDA-cleared procedure designed to reduce headache and neck pain—painlessly. While not everyone is a candidate, those who are often experience significant relief.
Since 2003, the Denver Headache and Spine Center—now the largest Atlas Orthogonal practice in the Front Range with two locations—has set the standard for non-surgical treatment of head and neck pain.
If you feel like you've tried everything, a private consultation can help determine if this treatment is right for you. And if you're not a candidate, Dr. James works closely with top headache and pain specialists across the state and can refer you to someone who can help.
Dr. Lindsay Williams received her Doctorate of Dental Surgery at the University of Maryland. She began her journey practicing general dentistry for eight years and eventually started treating patients for sleep and airway. After realizing that this was her passion she decided to hang up her drill and has been dedicated to solely treating patients for sleep and airway ever since. Dr. Williams works at the Vivos Center in Highlands Ranch, Co, treating both adults and children in addition to instructing courses at the Vivos Institute in Denver.
Join the Sleep and Airway Health: A Proven Path from Knowledge to Implementation Comprehensive Program and gain the tools, expertise, and confidence to revolutionize adult sleep care in your practice. Seats are limited—secure your spot today and empower your team to deliver lasting health improvements for your patients.
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