Airway Answers with Nicole Goldfarb: Expanding Your Breath of Knowledge

Airway Answers with Nicole Goldfarb: Expanding Your Breath of Knowledge The mission is to help treat and prevent airway issues for all!

Nicole Goldfarb is a Speech-Language Pathologist, Certified Orofacial Myologist and airway advocate, providing education and guidance to patients and professionals through Airway Answers.

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐๐„๐– ๐„๐๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ž๐… โ€œ๐€๐ˆ๐‘๐–๐€๐˜ ๐€๐๐’๐–๐„๐‘๐’โ€ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„๐ƒ๐ŸŽ‰: "๐‘บ๐’†๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’Ž๐’๐’Œ๐’†: ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’š ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ถ๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’…๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†...
11/07/2025

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐๐„๐– ๐„๐๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ž๐… โ€œ๐€๐ˆ๐‘๐–๐€๐˜ ๐€๐๐’๐–๐„๐‘๐’โ€ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„๐ƒ๐ŸŽ‰: "๐‘บ๐’†๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘บ๐’Ž๐’๐’Œ๐’†: ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’š ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„ ๐‘ถ๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’…๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฒ๐’†๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’‡๐’†๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐‘ถ๐’“๐’•๐’‰๐’๐’…๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’”๐’• ๐‘ซ๐’“. ๐‘บ๐’•๐’†๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’„๐’Œ๐’†๐’“!โ€œ

๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐™๐™ƒ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™€๐™‹๐™„๐™Ž๐™Š๐˜ฟ๐™€ ๐™„๐™Ž ๐™‰๐™Š๐™ ๐™๐™Š ๐˜ฝ๐™€ ๐™ˆ๐™„๐™Ž๐™Ž๐™€๐˜ฟ!!!!๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ

Some Insights From This Interview:

โ€ข โœ… ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž: Dr. Decker emphasizes that orthodontics must connect breathing, teeth, function, and development; ignoring underlying issues leads to relapse.

โ€ข ๐Ÿ”‘ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: He champions interceptive treatment starting as early as age four because growth can be guided easily, providing huge opportunities compared to struggling with complex adult cases.

โ€ข ๐Ÿ‘ƒ ๐’๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐’๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ: Dentists must look for the "smoke" (early signs like lack of primate gaps or mouth breathing) to prevent the "fire" (adult destruction and severe malocclusion).

โ€ข ๐Ÿ’– ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: All orthodontic patients need a functional assessment (OMT). Success hinges on creating adequate space for the tongue and facilitating nasal breathing, which leads to better behavior, health, and stability.

โ€ข ๐Ÿง  ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ: Expanding the palate in a Down syndrome patient resulted in improved hearing, better speech, and the cessation of snoring.

๐‘ช๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜ ๐’๐’ ๐’€๐’๐’–๐‘ป๐’–๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’—๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’…๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’”!
๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŽง ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ: https://airwayanswers.buzzsprout.com/2408017/follow
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘€ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž (๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž): https://youtu.be/T8h0r1DUeWI
..๐˜๐น ๐‘Œ๐˜–๐‘ˆ ๐ด๐˜™๐ธ ๐‘‡๐˜ˆ๐บ๐˜Ž๐ธ๐˜‹ ๐˜๐ธ๐˜™๐ธ, ๐˜›๐ป๐˜Œ๐‘ ๐‘Œ๐˜–๐‘ˆ๐˜™ ๐˜•๐ด๐˜”๐ธ ๐‘Š๐˜ˆ๐‘† ๐‘€๐˜Œ๐‘๐˜›๐ผ๐˜–๐‘๐˜Œ๐ท ๐ผ๐˜• ๐˜›๐ป๐˜๐‘† ๐ผ๐˜•๐‘‡๐˜Œ๐‘…๐˜๐ผ๐˜Œ๐‘Š...

โš ๏ธ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐‹๐€๐ˆ๐Œ๐„๐‘: NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Nicole Goldfarb and Airway Answers with Nicole Goldfarb does not give medical advice. The information pr...

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐๐„๐– ๐„๐๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ž๐… โ€œ๐€๐ˆ๐‘๐–๐€๐˜ ๐€๐๐’๐–๐„๐‘๐’โ€ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„๐ƒ: โ€œ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐ด๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”: ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘†๐‘™๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ. ...
10/27/2025

๐ŸŽ‰ ๐๐„๐– ๐„๐๐ˆ๐’๐Ž๐ƒ๐„ ๐Ž๐… โ€œ๐€๐ˆ๐‘๐–๐€๐˜ ๐€๐๐’๐–๐„๐‘๐’โ€ ๐‘๐„๐‹๐„๐€๐’๐„๐ƒ: โ€œ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐ด๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”: ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘†๐‘™๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ. ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐ท๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ โ€ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ท๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž, ๐ท๐ท๐‘† ๐ŸŽ‰
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โœ… ๐˜ฟ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™œ๐™š 47 ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™–๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™œ๐™ช๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™, ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ก๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™–, ๐˜ฟ๐™ง. ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐˜ฝ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ:
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๐Ÿ“š๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐’๐จ๐ค๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐š'๐ฌ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Her book is a family drama/medical mystery promoting alternatives to CPAP, which has a pre-launch starting October 6. Dr. Sokolina aims to promote healthier breathing and rid the world of sleep issues.
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โ€ข ๐Ÿฆท ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ & ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ: Night guards are not enough; holistic care must address the underlying causes of bruxism, often sleep disturbances or the search for emotional/physical balance. Myofunctional therapy is a crucial component of this balance.
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โ€ข ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš•๏ธ ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : Dentists should screen all patients by looking for obvious signs of sleep disordered breathing, including broken teeth, large tonsils, thick nasal sides, and acid reflux clues.
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โ€ข ๐Ÿงช ๐Ž๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š: Microbiome saliva testing offers objective data to explain systemic connections, like inflammation and predisposition for Alzheimerโ€™s or sleep apnea, to patients.
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โ€ข ๐ŸŒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: A major hope is to bridge the communication gap between the "dental planet" (dentists, myofunctional therapists) and the "sleep physician planet" (medical professionals).
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๐‘ช๐’‰๐’†๐’„๐’Œ ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜ ๐’๐’ ๐’€๐’๐’–๐‘ป๐’–๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‡๐’‚๐’—๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’† ๐’‘๐’๐’…๐’„๐’‚๐’”๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’”!
๐Ÿ‘‰๐ŸŽง ๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ: https://airwayanswers.buzzsprout.com/2408017/follow
๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ‘€ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž (๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž): https://youtu.be/gcK195412Sk

(๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด: ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ)

โš ๏ธ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐‹๐€๐ˆ๐Œ๐„๐‘: NO MEDICAL OR DENTAL ADVICE. Nicole Goldfarb and Airway Answers does not give medical advice. The information provided in this video ...

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