Stephen Deal, DDS.
Double-board-certified in craniofacial pain and dental sleep medicine. Developer of the ControlledArch orthodontic protocol. Master Senior Instructor at the Facial Beauty Institute. Practicing in Little Rock, Arkansas since 2007 — no associates, every evaluation with Dr. Deal directly.
Dr. Deal’s practice is organized around a single conviction: that recognizing how the airway shapes facial growth, sleep, and orofacial pain changes everything about how we should be evaluating and treating patients. The ControlledArch protocol, developed in his operatory over two decades, translates that conviction into the operatory.
Credentials
Diplomate, American Board of Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine (ABCDSM). Diplomate, American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM). Diplomate, American Board of Craniofacial Pain (ABCP). Master Senior Instructor at the Facial Beauty Institute. Faculty at the International Association for Orthodontics (IAO) and the AGD.
Where he teaches
Dr. Deal teaches the ControlledArch protocol and the airway-aware paradigm nationally through Real Deal Seminars — PACE/AGD-accredited continuing education for dentists, orthodontists, and dental sleep medicine clinicians. Three free intros, one online prereq, four live cohort courses (Pediatric, Ortho/ControlledArch, TMD, Sleep).
Where to read more
The paradigm and the literature behind it live at airwayfacialgrowth.ai — long-form articles for parents and clinicians, with the same citation list the seminars teach from.
