The Dental Hacks Podcast

Jason and Alan had the privilege to speak with Dr. Rebecca Bockow, a dual trained orthodontist/periodontist and cutting edge advocate for understanding airway. Rebecca has been teaching at Spear Education for a couple of years and will be one of the instructors in the newly revamped "interdisciplinary treatment planning" course that Spear is putting together. She's also been featured on our "Queens of the Airway" episodes as well. The Dental Hacks had a wide ranging discussion with Rebecca which included: How does a dentist decide on a dual specialty and why orthodontics/periodontics? (spoiler: she almost ended up as a prosthodontist!) Expansion before expansion was cool The Airway "Ah HA" moment How teaching is a type of marketing for a reknowned specialist like Rebecca The paradigm shift to treating younger patients orthodontically Pediatric airway screening with a one page questionnaire What in the whole world needs to change to better address airway issues How can regular dentists understand and evaluate