Course 4: Business Integration, Systems, and Residency Capstone

📅 November 6–7, 2026 | 📍 Northern Virginia/DC

By the time you reach Course 4, you’ve built the foundation, mastered growth guidance, and learned advanced expansion techniques. You now have the clinical skills and team workflows to change lives.

Course 4 is where it all comes together.
This final step in the residency gives you the tools to turn your airway training into a profitable, sustainable, team-driven practice model—and it celebrates your achievement in completing the full pathway.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this course, you and your team will be able to:

• Build a business model for pediatric airway and sleep care that works financially for your specific practice.
• Integrate workflows and scripts that move patients smoothly from screening → acceptance → treatment → follow-up
• Confidently navigate pricing, billing, and medical coding
• Track outcomes and practice success with KPIs
• Create a strong referral network with MDs, OMTs, and SLPs
• Ensure your team is aligned, trained, and empowered to keep implementation running long after the course ends

Team Track: Making Systems Stick

Airway dentistry thrives when the whole practice is aligned. Your team will learn:

• Admin: Insurance verification, parent scripting, referral communication with MDs
• Assistants: Managing patients during longer airway visits, supporting treatment flow
• Hygienists: Ongoing airway check at recare visits, monitoring growth and function

Residency Capstone Experience

Course 4 is more than just another training session—it’s the capstone of your journey.

• Residency Review: Dedicated time to revisit and integrate material from all four courses, connect the dots, and make sure you leave confident in every step of the pathway
• Completion Ceremony: A special celebration of your achievement as you and your team finish the program together

Why This Course Matters

This is the course that ensures your investment pays off. Without systems, even the best clinical skills can stall. With them, you’ll:

This is the bridge between clinical mastery and practice success. It ensures your residency training translates into:

• Higher case acceptance
• Consistent team-driven implementation
• Build Long-term profitability and sustainability
• A sense of accomplishment and recognition for completing the residency
• Prevent burnout by having a team-driven practice model instead of carrying it all yourself

Course 4 is where it all comes together—the bridge from clinical mastery to practice success. With the right systems in place, you can deliver airway care that’s consistent, profitable, and sustainable.

Faculty:

Dr. Stacy Becker | Dr. Tracey Nguyen | Dr. Michelle Weddle | Resident Faculty | Mentors