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A mirrored archive of press, podcast appearances, and instructor profiles. Excerpts published with attribution; original outlet linked. Journalists and podcast producers can email press@stephendealdds.com for the press kit, high-resolution headshots, and quick-quote turnaround.
The Doctor Who Treats the Airway First
When Dr. Stephen Deal opens a patient's mouth, he is not looking at teeth. He is looking at the airway behind them. That single act — re-ordering what comes first — is the through-line of a Little Rock practice quietly redrawing the map of what dental care can be.
Excerpted with attribution from AY Magazine. Read the full feature →
AY About You's profile of Dr. Deal's airway-first practice — sleep apnea care for the half of patients who can't or won't wear a CPAP, free consultations, and the case for treating the airway before the teeth.
FBI's highest instructor rank. Curriculum lead for the airway-centered orthodontic and TMD tracks. Master Senior Instructor recognition reserved for clinicians shaping the field's pedagogy.
Senior Instructor of the IAO. Lectures internationally on the ControlledArch® System for TMD, sleep, and developmental orthodontics.
Dr. Deal's own long-form conversations on airway, facial growth, TMD, and sleep — recorded at Symmetry Modern Dentistry.
A long-form conversation with Dr. Deal on the diagnostic frame: TMD, sleep, orthodontics — and why airway sits upstream of all three. Recorded at the IAO winter session.
A clinical case-series essay outlining the protocol for transitioning severe-OSA patients off CPAP onto a custom appliance, with twelve-week titration and home-test verification.
Headshots, bio, quick-quote. Within one business day.
For journalists writing about airway-centered dentistry, dental sleep medicine, or pediatric facial growth — and for podcast producers booking Stephen Deal, DDS as a guest.
In the kit — color headshots · one-page bio · seal & award marks