Listen in to one of the top pediatric dentists, authors and researchers who really understands craniofacial growth and development of children. Dr. Boyd is known for early childhood treatment of proper occlusion and midface growth to help children grow up to become adults with healthy airways in their noses and throats. He explains how pre-industrial skulls compare to modern day skulls; how modern day humans have become narrowed in the nasal passage and jaws due to diet changes and its effect on the development of the face. He’ll share how parents can be aware of signs of poor breathing and when your child may have a narrowed airway. Dr. Hobson and Dr. Boyd both practice in Chicago and collaborate on airway topics such as myofunctional therapy, posture training and breathing retraining with their common patients.
DR. KEVIN BOYD is a board-certified Pediatric Dentist in Chicago who holds an M.Sc. degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. He teaches in the Pediatric Dentistry residency training program at Lurie Children’s Hospital and also serves as a dental consultant to the Lurie Sleep Medicine service. Dr. Boyd is an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas mentoring PhD research, and also serves as a Visiting Consulting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archeology and Anthropology where he is collaboratively exploring a hypothetical relationship between changed dietary practices since the Industrial Revolution and diminished human dentofacial development. He lectures worldwide on the topics of Early Childhood Malocclusion (under age 72 months), pediatric sleep-breathing hygiene, and Evolutionary Oral Medicine/Darwinian Dentistry.
Dr. Jenny Hobson is a head and neck, TMJ physical therapist, protégé of renowned expert, Dr. Mariano Rocabado. She is known for her treatment of TMJ, sleep disordered breathing, chronic headaches, concussion, neck pain, tinnitus, and postural dysfunctions. Dr. Hobson is trained in myofunctional therapy and is certified in the Buteyko Breathing Method. She treats in-person in Chicago and trains breathing virtually to those in need in the US, Europe and South America through the Hobson Institute.
