Curricula

Introducing Our Live Webinar Series on the Science of Sleep & Dental Sleep Medicine

In 2006, The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) published “Practice Parameters for the Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) with Oral Appliances.” These practice parameters updated previously published recommendations for the use of oral appliances in the treatment of sleep disordered breathing based on the scientific literature published since 1995.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) now recommends oral appliances as a first line treatment for snoring and mild to moderate OSA. Oral appliances are also indicated for patients who are not candidates for traditional therapies such as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) and surgery, as well as patients who are CPAP intolerant.

The role of the dentist, as well as auxiliary staff, in the recognition of patients at risk for OSA and snoring, is now well established. However, unless practitioners and their staff are educated in sleep disordered breathing, many life threatening illnesses will go undetected and patients will continue to experience impaired health and daily functioning issues as a result of those disorders.

The purpose of this revolutionary online series, broken into three courses (101,202, and 303), is to provide a “crash course” in dental sleep medicine so that dentists, physicians, and other healthcare professionals can provide a more comprehensive and collaborative approach to the treatment of sleep disordered breathing.

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