Physician’s Perspective

by Jagdeep Bijwadia, MD, MBA, DABSM, and Kyle Miko, CRT/CSE Telemedicine is becoming an increasingly important part of healthcare. The Department of Health and Human Services estimated that in 2018, …

Time to Connect with a Virtual Doctor! Read More »

by Joshua R. Oltmanns and Charles R. Carlson Orofacial pain often co-occurs with problems falling asleep, maintaining sleep, and waking too early that cause impairment in daytime functioning (Carlson et …

Behavioral Treatment of Sleep Problems for Orofacial Pain Patients Read More »

by Teresa E. Jacobs, MD Patients enter the evaluation for sleep apnea from four primary sources: subjective symptoms, complaints of a bed partner, concerns of a doctor, or the observations …

OSA – Dentist and Sleep Physician Working Together Read More »

The US and global impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is staggering. An estimated 52 million Americans have sleep disordered breathing, with 1 in 5 having mild apnea, and 1 …

Improving Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Oral Appliance Therapy – A Sleep Physician’s Perspective by Jonathan S. Lown, MD, D.ABIM Read More »

True partnership between medicine and dentistry must exist if we are to make any headway treating the exponential increase in breathing disordered sleep.

Patients with OSA will be provided therapeutic options, and for many, a simple oral appliance will be more effective therapy than pushing air.