by Jamison Spencer, DMD, MS Now I know that your knee jerk reaction will be “absolutely not!” but perhaps bear with me for a minute. As I write this we’re going through “a little crisis.” Lots of my colleagues are […]
Read ArticleWhy Use an Anterior Only Stop with Oral Appliance Therapy?
Less Adjustments and Less Forces by Barry Glassman, DMD, and Don Malizia, DDS In terms of preventing major cardiovascular accidents, the use of oral appliance therapy (OAT) has been shown to be as effective as CPAP use in patients with […]
Read ArticleThe Athlete’s Secret Ingredient: The Power of Nasal Breathing
by Michael Flanell, RDH, MBA Athletes continually try to perform better and break records with their athletic abilities. In their pursuit for personal accomplishments, they dream of winning medals for themselves, their teams, and their countries as well as […]
Read ArticleSuccessful Oral Appliance Therapy Should Not Be a Guessing Game
by Dr. John E. Remmers As a life-long physiologist, physician, and innovator in sleep medicine, I find the recent statistics from the Lancet deeply troubling. With close to one billion people worldwide1 suffering from mild to extreme obstructive sleep […]
Read ArticleSleep and the Growing and Going Problem
by Warren Schlott, DDS One of the most common complaints of men who sleep poorly is that they have an urge or a need to use the restroom many times during the night. This can lead to sleep fragmentation and […]
Read ArticleFive Reasons to Consider Taping Your Mouth at Night
by Paul A. Henny, DDS We all breathe through our mouth part of the time. This is because mouth-breathing is necessary when we are exercising, working strenuously, under threat, or have a cold or sinus infection. These brief periods of […]
Read ArticleSweet Dreams Are Made of This: Using Dreams to Identify Breathing Issues
by J.M. DeBord The dreaming mind is a translator. It takes input received while dreaming and translates it into symbolic imagery. The type of input runs the gamut from memories, thoughts, and emotions to physical sensations and bodily messages. Include […]
Read ArticleSDB and TMJ: It’s not One or the Other
by Robert M. Grill, DDS Did I really want to treat “TMJ” patients? No! Who in their right mind would? It was 25 years ago, and I had been in practice for several years. Bob Isaacs, a brilliant local orthodontist, […]
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