This document summarizes an episode of "The Airway and Facial Development Collaborative" podcast. The episode features Darick Nordstrom discussing the power of proper facial development. Nordstrom is a dentist from a rural practice who studied osteopathy and developed several appliance designs. He focuses on empowering practitioner teams through airway, sleep, and facial development techniques. The podcast is produced by Drs. Mark Cruz and Barry Raphael and covers topics related to the evolution of dentistry and its impact on facial development and physiology.

1. Episode 48:
Darick Nordstrom
The Power of
the “P”.
April 11, 2016
9:30 EST, 6:30 PST
The Airway and
Facial Development Collaborative
Your Producers:
Dr. Mark A. Cruz
Dr. Barry Raphael

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5. Episode 48:
Darick Nordstrom
The Power of
the “P”.
April 11, 2016
9:30 EST, 6:30 PST
The Airway and
Facial Development Collaborative
Your Producers:
Dr. Mark A. Cruz
Dr. Barry Raphael

6. Darick Nordstrom
• Darick Nordstrom, DDS, and his wife, Ruth,
are parents of 5 children and grandparents of
soon to be 19. (You have 18 grandchildren!?!)
• In 1979, his rural practice was immediately, of
necessity, full-spectrum, including
orthodontics and facial pain.
• osteopathy in 1982, forming teams with DOs,
and developing the ALF appliance by 1983.
• studied with Dr. Peter George in 1985,
• developed the unique NS2 appliance design
that is copied into the SomnoDent, and other
‘dorsal’ like designs.
• His focus is on empowering teams ALF,
OmNi, and sleep designs, as he has worked
with practitioner teams.

7. The Airway
And
Facial Development
Collaborative
Evolution
And
Darwinian
Dentistry:
Competencies
The
Changing
Environment:
Stressors
The
Reacting
Physiology:
Compensations
Unintended
Consequences:
Compromises