Specialized Trainings & Continuing Education

We offer various continuing education courses, presentations, and trainings for professional development and parent education. We are approved to offer dental continuing education units (CEUs) via the San Diego County Dental Society, and we present to a variety of dental/orthodontic offices throughout San Diego. We also go to schools to teach and train the school staff on various areas of speech, language, social, and myofunctional development. Topics for professional development and parent training that we offer include:

• Social Skills Development and Programs
• Ways To Enhance Your Child’s Language Skills
• What Are Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
• Myofunctional Therapy and Sleep-Disordered Breathing
• Myofunctional Therapy for the Pediatric Dentist and Orthodontist
• The Role of The Frenum In The Development of The Mouth
• Myofunctional Therapy in the Treatment of Open Bites
• Sucking Habits
• Temporomandibular Disorders, Bruxism, and the Role of the Myofunctional Therapist
• Sensory Processing Disorders

Please contact us for a schedule of courses or to request for us to come to your office, school, or other location

PRESENTATIONS GIVEN BY NICOLE GOLDFARB

• San Diego TMJ/SDB Study Club for Dr. Joel Berger & Dr. Todd Morgan, Scripps Hospital 
  • October 2016
  • Presented on the role of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy with regards to SDB.

• Torrey Pines Periodontal Study Club, La Jolla Country Club
  • October 2016
  • Presented on the topic: Recent Research On Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Essential Role of The Certified Orofacial Myologist in the Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing 

• National Dental Hygiene Honor’s Society (San Diego Branch) Sponsored by Proctor and Gamble, San Diego
  • February 2017
  • Presented on the topic: Recent Research On Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Essential Role of The Certified Orofacial Myologist in the Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing 

• USC Orthodontic Residents and Spear Group, Liberty Station Orthodontics, San Diego
  • March 2018
  • Presented on the topic: Recent Research On Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Essential Role of The Certified Orofacial Myologist in the Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing 

• The SuperDentists (Dr. Hoss, the owner), San Diego
  • March 2017
  • Presented on the topic: Recent Research On Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Essential Role of The Certified Orofacial Myologist in the Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing 

• The SuperDentists Parent Group, San Diego
  • April 2017
  • Presented to parents on red flags for sleep, airway, and myofunctional disorders.

• North County Pediatric Dentist Study Club Sponsored by Burkhart Dental, San Diego
  • April 2018
  • Presented on the topic: Recent Research On Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Essential Role of The Certified Orofacial Myologist in the Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing 

• Rady Children’s Hospital Dental Residents, San Diego
  • June 2018
  • Presented Part 1 on the topic: Recent Research On Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Essential Role of The Certified Orofacial Myologist in the Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing 

• Rady Children’s Hospital Dental Residents, San Diego
  • September 2018
  • Presented Part 2 on the topic: Recent Research On Sleep-Disordered Breathing and the Essential Role of The Certified Orofacial Myologist in the Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing.

• NYU Langone Dental Medicine Annual Sylvia Perez-Spiess Alumni Conference, San Diego
  • February 2, 2019
  • Presented on the topic: Wake Up Pediatric Dentists: What you should know about pediatric sleep apnea.

• Spear Study Club (Dr. Bruce Johnson), San Diego
  • May 15, 2019
  • Presented on Myofunctional Therapy and OSA/SDB for over 50 dentists, hygienists, periodontists, and physical therapists.

• San Diego Dental Assistant Society, San Diego
  • October, 28 2019
  • Presented on Myofunctional Therapy and POSA/SDB

• NYU Langone Dental Medicine Residency Program, Teleconferencing
  • November 7, 2019
  • Presented on Myofunctional Therapy and POSA/SDB for their 14 dental residency programs

• San Diego Advanced Study Group (SAG), Scripps/Mercy Educational Center San Diego
  • February 11, 2020
  • Presenting on Myofunctional Therapy and OSA/SDB

• International Consortium of Oral Ankylofrenula Professionals (ICAP), Vancouver
  • October 1, 2020
  • Presenting on Myofunctional Therapy and OSA/SDB