If anyone had asked me, I would have had nothing but great things to say about Dental Sleep Practice readers. Send them a survey? Sure, they’ll send in lots of responses! Send them a really long, detailed survey? Well, let’s hope they have the patience for it. Our readers surprised us with a robust response, to say the least! Nearly 500 of you gave us your thoughts. Special tha … [Read more...]
The Standard of Care Has Been Elevated
by Dr. Joe Magness and Crystal May What an exciting time to be a dentist! Now more than ever before, we are being asked to participate and play a very active role in the overall health of our patients. Health is defined by Webster’s dictionary as “the condition of being sound in body, mind, and spirit.” You know the correlation between oral hygiene, inflammation, oral funct … [Read more...]
A Collaborative Quest for Better OAT Devices and Outcomes
Sleep Medicine’s Seismic Shift to Dentists – Are You Ready?
by Charles F. Collins, CEO – Airway Management For years, many members of the dental sleep medicine community have been predicting that this segment of dentistry is poised for exponential growth. It’s right around the corner… As the CEO of Airway Management, I’ve been fortunate to serve clinicians on the front line for the last 16 years. To effectively support the communi … [Read more...]
Building Your Sleep Practice?
SleepArchiTx is your design-build solution … [Read more...]
It’s the Picture Not the Words That Moves Them by Erin Elliott, DDS
I am a nice person. In fact I’m so nice that I told my front desk team members to always let sales reps through. My team doesn’t need to be a gate keeper because I’m always willing to at least meet them. I most likely will not buy from them, but hey, they’re just trying to make a living. I was known as the nice dentist to pay a visit to until the day a distributor represe … [Read more...]
Why Start There?
Finding the Starting Jaw Position One challenge, and point of many discussions, is the starting position for oral appliance therapy in the management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A question that often comes up is “where do I set the first jaw position?” If I had the answer to this question, I would look like a genius. We seem to forget that our bite position, whether it be … [Read more...]
No Patient Left Behind
There’s an epidemic that’s 85% undiagnosed, affecting people all around us. Every medical professional has responsibility, but, so far, patients are suffering. As our country settles into a new norm and political direction, we find ourselves facing unique realities and engaging in new ways of processing and thinking. We are left with an understanding that the way things were … [Read more...]
The Future’s so Bright; I Gotta Wear Shades
In his book “The World is Flat” Thomas Friedman notes that “Analysts have always tended to measure a society (substitute “Dental Sleep Medicine Profession”) by classic economic and social statistics. Such statistics are important and revealing. Friedman prefers to ask a more telling question; “Does this society or profession have more memories or dreams?” If memories prevail a … [Read more...]
How Airway Management’s TAP Sleep Care System Continues to Revolutionize SDB
In 1992, an ENT surgeon referred a patient diagnosed with Sleep Related Breathing Disordered (SRBD) to me. This patient was non adherent with CPAP at a pressure of 18. Her sleep physician stated that since she had “failed CPAP” and was not a surgical candidate, her only option was to go to “this dentist who might have a solution”. Within a week, she received the only device avai … [Read more...]
