Welcome to Dental Sleep Practice
A dental journal and sleep apnea publication
Current Issue
Weathering the Storms
Droughts, heat waves, rain, hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, wildfires, and earthquakes, or beautiful sunshine — no matter where you live in the U.S., the weather can ...
Seeing What We Know
Steve Carstensen, DDSDiplomate, American Board ofDental Sleep Medicine You know how, once you’ve become interested in a thing, how suddenly you see that thing everywhere? ...
Why Some Quit and Others Never Start. Don’t Let It Be You!
by Kalli Hale, DDS, MPH, D.ABDSM, D.ABSB As 2024 comes to an end, I want to highlight the questions I am asked the most about ...
Your Patients Aren’t Trying to be Difficult
by Elizabeth Dooher-Anthony, RDH, OMT I have been a dental hygienist for more than 35 years. Early in my practice, I noticed there were some ...
An OMD Assessment with TMD Muscle Pain: A Case Study
by Judith Dember-Paige, BSOHP, COM® Stan was referred to my office by a TMD specialist. His chief complaints were he could not chew or open ...
Breathless Nights: Tackling Expiratory Flow Limitation and Sleep Apnea in Lung Disease
by Saim S. Choudhry, DO Expiratory flow limitation (EFL) is a common feature in patients with obstructive lung diseases such as COPD and asthma. EFL ...
How Much Deep Sleep Do You Need?
by Lee A. Surkin, MD, FACC, FCCP, FASNC, FAASM Deep sleep, also known as slow-wave sleep or the third stage of non-REM sleep (stage N3), ...
Empowering Dental Practitioners with AI to Expedite the Sleep Apnea Diagnosis to Therapy Pipeline
Innovative AI and study management tools enhance your ability to impact community health while improving the bottom line of your practice by Steven Miller Imagine ...
The Right Temporary Oral Appliance
Manufactured by the French company Newsom, BluePro® has transformed the way snoring and mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are managed. Since receiving FDA ...
The Top 3 Ways Dentists Can Stay Ahead of the Ever-Changing Sleep Industry
As dentistry becomes more competitive due to consolidation and saturation, dentists have turned to dental sleep medicine (DSM) to differentiate themselves from their peers; ...
Accelerating MAD Treatment for OSA Patients through AHI Monitoring
Belun Ring (left); BelunPro X daily AHI (right) Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a prevalent and serious sleep disorder that affects millions of Americans. Mandibular ...
Dry Mouth Needs a New Solution
Your patients often complain about xerostomia (they don’t use that word) – what do you say? Have you been happy with results from OTC mouth ...
Dental Continuing Education
Is Your Mouthwash Putting You at Risk for Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease?
by Nathan S. Bryan, PhD Oral health is absolutely essential for systemic health. The notion that oral bacteria may contribute to disease in other parts ...
Primary Care Dentistry, Airway, Inflammation, and Life Essentials
by Steve Carstensen, DDS, and Pat Mc Bride, PhD, CCSH Within medicine, Dentists have the sole responsibility for preventive and restorative care of the hard ...
Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist
by Ann Blau, MS, CCC-SLP, CMT® and Kaitlyn Shrum, MA, CCC-SLP, QOM, CMT® Sleep is one of the greatest public health challenges of the 21st ...
Overview of Abnormal Movements During Sleep
by Amalia A. Geller, MD Abnormal movements during sleep are common in early life — with between 15% to 20% of children experiencing this condition, ...
Physical Therapy Collaboration in Dental Sleep Medicine
by Brad Gilden, PT, DPT, FFMT, FAAOMPT, PRC, CSCS, and Bill Esser, MS, PT, CCTT Role of an AirwayCentric® Physical Therapist in Dental Sleep Medicine ...
Why Every Dentist and Orthodontist Should Have an Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist on Their Team
by Nicole Goldfarb, M.A., CCC-SLP, COM® As knowledge about the etiology of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has expanded over the recent years, it is imperative to ...
Mitochondrial Dysfunction Acquired from Sleep Related Breathing Disorders is the Cause of Most Non-Communicable Diseases
by Dr. Steve Lamberg Wouldn’t you love a deeper understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of sleep related breathing disorders “SRBD” and how they cause so ...
Restless Legs Syndrome
by Zhu Zhu, MD, PhD; Saniya Pervin, MBBS; and Daniel O. Lee, MD, FAAN, FAASM Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common sensorimotor neurological disorder ...
Interarch Jaw Registration Devices for Oral Sleep Appliances: Consequences of Anterior vs. Posterior Stabilization
by Allen J. Moses, DDS Introductory Anatomy and Kinetics Human beings are the only mammals to have a shared foodway and airway. As a result, ...
Epigenetics and Sleep Disordered Breathing
by Amalia A. Geller, MD Child neurologists have much exposure to many different types of genetic conditions that lead to sleep-disordered breathing. For many years, ...
Sleep Related Breathing Disorders During Pregnancy: The Impact of Intervention on Maternal and Fetal Health Outcomes
by Steve Lamberg, DDS, D.ABDSM Ample evidence exists showing Sleep Related Breathing Disorders or SRBD, have a negative impact on maternal and fetal outcomes. A ...
Mastering the Myo Merge: The Importance and Essentials in Implementation in the Dental Office
by Karese Laguerre, RDH Sleep and airway focused dentistry have been estimated to be a $6 billion global industry and has seen rapid growth since ...
Clinical Spotlight
An OMD Assessment with TMD Muscle Pain: A Case Study
by Judith Dember-Paige, BSOHP, COM® Stan was referred to my office by a TMD specialist. His chief complaints were he could not chew or open his mouth without pain. It ...
Clinician Spotlight
Genesis
by Tom Colquitt, DDS The Pulmo-venture started as a joke. Perhaps a rant of sorts, but certainly a joke-song. The joke highlighting the ever confusing if not crushing world ...
Corporate Spotlights
Who We Are: 3DISC
Founded in 2007, 3DISC started as an R&D company but quickly matured into an agile American manufacturer and global provider of digital imaging solutions for dental practices. Fourteen years later, ...
Inside The Lab
A New Technique for Fabricating a Mandibular Advancement Device in the Edentulous CPAP-Resistant Patient
by Richard. B. Dunn, DDS, MS, D.ABDSM; Jessica Turner, CDA; and David Walton, CDT Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a major medical problem throughout the world. It has been estimated to affect 15-30% of ...