Editor’s Intro: Educating, supporting, guiding, and motivating others regarding dental sleep medicine is the work and passion of Dr. Mayoor Patel. We here at Dental Sleep Practice know that many of our readers have dreams of doing more sleep services in their practice, or even becoming a sleep-only practice someday. One thing that is universally true: if it’s been done, it’s p … [Read more...]
Technology in the Sleep Practice
Editor’s intro: Knowing what technology decisions dental colleagues are making can benefit your practice. This survey of technology use in the Dental Sleep Practice shows the gamut of choices they are making and why. How do you use technology to assist your DSM practice? Did you use equipment already in place, or did adding the new service trigger new investment? Every l … [Read more...]
The Simple Sleep Solution Story
Editor’s intro: Implementing digital workflows for oral appliance therapy helps clinicians to grow their practices, enjoy their work more, and has made niches, such as dental sleep medicine, more accessible to the dental consumer. by Tarun Agarwal, DDS, PA You may have heard that the ‘golden age’ of dentistry has passed us by. With the strengthening economic clout of dental … [Read more...]
DSP Readers Love Surveys
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...]
