Welcome to Dental Sleep Practice
A dental journal and sleep apnea publication
Current Issue
Achieving Long-term OSA Stabilization Despite CPAP Intolerance with Oral Appliance Therapy
by Sal Rodas, MBAĀ Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy continues to be considered the gold-standard treatment option for patients that suffer from obstructive sleep ...
4 Tips for Reducing Your Headaches And Chairtime at Appliance Delivery
Figure 1 by Frank Madrigal, CDT, Owner/Founder of True Function Laboratory What if you could consistently get? A great fit Reduced chairtime Improved patient comfort ...
Panthera Dental 10th Anniversary
by Adrienne Good, National Account Manager, Dental Sleep Practice Panthera Dental asked me to attend their 10th Anniversary Party and Master Cup Award Ceremony at ...
Good Doctoring: Use of eXciteOSA in the dental office
āāIām still snoring ā should I move the mouthpiece out further?ā ā How many times have you heard this in your practice? What can you ...
Dentists Have an Affordable New Option for Treating Medicare-Enrolled Patients: The Silent NiteĀ® with Glidewell Hingeā¢
The Silent NiteĀ® with Glidewell Hingeā¢. PDAC-approved for Medicare (E0486) In the U.S., more than 60 million people are covered by Medicare,1 and itās estimated ...
Demystifying Medicare Advantage Plans for Oral Appliance Therapy
by Rose Nierman and Courtney Snow Ā How important is Medicare billing to oral appliances for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatment? Very important! To avoid a ...
FAQs Special Section
Sleep Device Manufacturing: Answering the Frequently Asked Questions Q: What do you need from the office to start a case? Ā A: Many believe that laboratories ...
The Journey of Oral Appliance Therapy Toward Acceptance and Adoption as an OSA Treatment Standard
SomnoMedās Medical Initiative Brings Dental Sleep Medicine Solutions to Prescribing Physicians to Treat More OSA Patients, More Effectively by Matthew Conlon, EVP of Sales & ...
Alan D. Steljes, MD, FACC, FRCP
Tell us about yourself. I started my first sleep lab in 2010 in my cardiology office. A sleep lab was definitely unusual for a cardiologist ...
Sleep Marketing Tips Not for the Faint of Heart
by Jonathan Fashbaugh I am often asked, āHow can I get more dental sleep patients from my marketing?ā The dentists who ask this are highly ...
You Can be the Hero in a Patientās Sleep Apnea Journey
by Emma Cooksey I went undiagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea for more than 10 years. One day I was driving home with my baby daughter ...
Compensation Nation: The Tell-tale Story of Epigenetically Modified Humans
by Dr. Bahar Esmaili Humans express their full developmental and structural potential by epigenetic influences such as the mastication of hard, fibrous foods and walking ...
Dental Continuing Education
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.ABDSMĀ Ā Ā Ā 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 ...
Technology: Dental Sleepās Gatekeeper to Boost Case Acceptance and Increase Efficiency
by Jason Doucette, DMD, D.ABDSM, and Jeff Rodgers, DMD, D.ABDSM Technology continues to revolutionize the practice of dental sleep medicine (DSM). Various instruments, software, and ...
Physician-Dentist Collaboration: A Call to Arms for Allied Troops
by John Viviano, DDS, D.ABDSM, and John Bouzis, DDS Broken. This one word describes the current model for identifying, diagnosing, and treating sleep disordered breathing ...
Home Sleep Testing, Telemedicine, and the Impact on Dental Sleep Practices
by Jagdeep Bijwadia, MD and Greg Manning, DDS Data shared at the 2018 American Thoracic Society International Conference indicated sleep apnea prevalence to be just ...
Oral Appliance Therapy; The Definition of Effectiveness
A debate rages. Neither side is willing to listen to the other or objectively evaluate the data. The polarization intensifies and each side is becoming ...
ACEs, Integrative Medicine, and the Mind Body Connection
Why Dental Sleep Practitioners Must Take a Seat at This Table by Sunita Merriman, DDS āWhat is spoken of as aĀ clinical pictureĀ is not just a ...
Get with the Program: Dental Sleep Medicine and Electronic Medical Records
by Richard B. Drake, DDS, D.ABDSM, and George S. āGyā Yatros, DMD, D.ABDSM āIt has become necessary to develop medicine as a cooperative science; the ...
Telemedicine: Itās About Time
by Jagdeep Bijwadia, MD, MBA, D.ABDSM Telemedicine has experienced accelerated growth and as evidenced by the current COVID-19 crisis, it is a powerful resource that ...
Bruxism & Sleep Disturbed Breathing: A Guide to Critical Thinking about Empiricism, Science, Bruxism, and Sleep
by Barry Glassman, DMD, and Don Malizia, DDS Dentistryās Empirical History Restorative dentistry has built institutions based on empirical evidence. Unfortunately, scientific evidence has not ...
Clinical Spotlight
4 Tips for Reducing Your Headaches And Chairtime at Appliance Delivery
Figure 1 by Frank Madrigal, CDT, Owner/Founder of True Function Laboratory What if you could consistently get? A great fit Reduced chairtime Improved patient comfort which can lead to better ...
Clinician Spotlight
Alan D. Steljes, MD, FACC, FRCP
Tell us about yourself. I started my first sleep lab in 2010 in my cardiology office. A sleep lab was definitely unusual for a cardiologist in those days. Sleep medicine ...
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
Laser Sintering New Life into Your Sleep Appliances
Great Lakes Dental Technologies has fabricated sleep appliances for over 25 years. In that time, fabrication techniques have evolved to take advantage of traditional materials such as acrylic and wires. ...
