Dr. Joseph Yousefian is an orthodontist, airway and sleep medicine innovator, educator, researcher, and inventor dedicated to advancing the prevention and treatment of orthodontic, temporomandibular joint (TMJ), airway, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) disorders. He has successfully helped several thousand adult and pediatric patients achieve healthier breathing, improved facial development, better sleep, and lasting oral and systemic health through comprehensive, interdisciplinary care.
Dr. Yousefian earned his dental degree from Washington University School of Dental Medicine and completed his orthodontic residency at The Ohio State University, where he also received dual Master of Science degrees in Biology and Physical Anthropology. He has earned over forty-five hundred hours of continuing education in medical and dental sciences. He is a Diplomate of both the American Board of Orthodontics and the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and maintains a private specialty practice in Bellevue, Washington.
Committed to transforming patient care through innovation, Dr. Yousefian co-founded ApnoMed and invented more than seventeen patented medical, dental, and orthodontic technologies, including Food and Drug Administration-cleared devices for treating obstructive sleep apnea and temporomandibular disorders. His work has contributed to the development of Teledontics® and Telegnathics® —an interdisciplinary philosophy that integrates orthodontics, craniofacial growth and development, airway medicine, sleep medicine, digital technologies, and collaborative care to improve long-term patient outcomes. He has taught these technologies nationally and internationally to universities and, through his education programs, Comprehensive Treatment Seminars, to thousands of other clinicians.
An internationally recognized educator, Dr. Yousefian has served on the Children's Airway Screening Task Force (CAST) designated by American Dental Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and collaborated on several National Institutes of Health - funded clinical research, authored more than 51 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, contributed to thirteen medical and dental textbooks, and delivered more than 120 scientific presentations worldwide. Medical publisher CRC Press published volume one of his medical and dental textbook, “Pediatric Treatment of Sleep Apnea with Teledontics/Telegnathics”, in 2025.
He currently serves as a Visiting Professor in the Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Residency Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center and has held faculty appointments at The Ohio State University and the University of Washington.
Dr. Yousefian's vision is to transform the future of orthodontics by integrating facial growth and development, airway health, sleep medicine, and advanced digital technologies into a comprehensive model of patient care. Through clinical innovation, research, education, and interdisciplinary collaboration, he is committed to helping patients of all ages breathe better, sleep better, function better, and live healthier lives. "Advancing Orthodontics Beyond the Smile. Restoring Healthy Breathing. Transforming Lives."
