Welcome to Dental Sleep Practice
A dental journal and sleep apnea publication
Current Issue
The Importance of Addressing Sleep Apnea in Hospitalized Patients
by Bertrand de Silva, MD, FCCP Sleep is an essential aspect of human well-being. Quality sleep promotes healing, cognitive function, mood stabilization, and overall health. ...
Choose Faith Over Fear
I’m sitting at my computer on a beautiful day, writing my winter message, and Billy Joel’s song, “Keeping the Faith” started playing. It started me ...
We Live in Exciting Times
by Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD The future of Sleep Medicine is fast approaching, and every new discovery, technology, and policy takes us one step closer to ...
Incorporating myTAP® into Your Sleep Practice
by Jason Hui, DDS, MAGD, D.ABDSM The myTAP appliance has significantly impacted my dental sleep medicine practice. When properly fitted, I view this appliance as ...
Airway Palooza
March 15-16, 2024 by Lauren Gueits, BS, RDH If you are passionate about airway health, and enjoy the friendly atmosphere of experts sharing their best ...
Sleep Stages and How to Improve Sleep Quality
by Lee A. Surkin, MD, FACC, FCCP, FASNC, FAASM There’s no doubt that sleep is crucial for optimal health. During sleep, the body gets the ...
How Precision OAT is Changing Dental Sleep Medicine
The most important impact of precision medical applications in DSM is in reducing the number of ‘False Non-Responders’. False non-responders are patients who would or ...
Tufts Global Academy
Professor Nadeem Karimbux, DMD, MMSc, Dean of Tufts Uiveristy School of Dental Medicine (left) and Shibani Sahni, BSD, Postgrad-Dip Restorative Dentistry, MMSc Dental Education, Director ...
It’s Time for Preauthorization Reform
by Rose Nierman, CEO, Nierman Practice Management Prior authorization has long been a thorn in the side of physicians, dental sleep medicine (DSM) providers, and ...
SomnoMed 2023 Sleep Summit: Leading Experts Explore the Newest Frontiers and Growth Avenues in Sleep Medicine
SomnoMed’s market-leading Medical Initiative was on full display in Rancho Mirage, California, at the 2023 Sleep Summit. As the capstone of SomnoMed’s Medical Initiative - ...
A Successful Case of Combination Therapy Using Myofunctional Therapy, an Aligner Sleep Appliance, and Clear Aligners
by Maria Sokolina, DDS, D.ABDSM A lot of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients have misaligned, crowded teeth that impinge on the tongue space, forcing the ...
Dental Continuing Education
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 ...
Technology: Dental Sleep’s 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 ...
Clinical Spotlight
A Successful Case of Combination Therapy Using Myofunctional Therapy, an Aligner Sleep Appliance, and Clear Aligners
by Maria Sokolina, DDS, D.ABDSM A lot of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients have misaligned, crowded teeth that impinge on the tongue space, forcing the tongue into the airway. An ...
Clinician Spotlight
The Duck Wrangler
DSP interview with Rose Nierman Rose Nierman has been the go-to source for dentists getting paid for new services since before the first mandibular advancement devices hit the market. She ...
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 ...
