Why Are Sleep Physicians Sending Patients to Untrained Dentists?
Why referring sleep apnea patients to their general dentists to fill oral appliance therapy prescriptions is a terrible idea.
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How Does Oral Appliance Therapy Impact Airway Dimensions During Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy?
A study of oral appliances analyzed during DISE provides insight into their mechanism of action on upper airway morphology.
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Does Virtual Oral Appliance Fitting Work?
Spurred by the pandemic, dentists, oral appliance makers, and home medical equipment companies find ways to minimize or eliminate patient contact.
Does Oral Appliance Therapy Reduce Nocturia?
Many patients who start on CPAP for sleep apnea note a decrease in their middle-of-the-night bathroom visits. But do patients who choose mandibular advancement devices get the same benefit?
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Kenneth A. Mogell, DMD, DABDSM, helps many people on Medicare treat their sleep apnea with oral appliances.
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AADSM & ABDSM Team Up to Increase Awareness of Oral Appliance Therapy
The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine are working together to spread a message.
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ProSomnus Sleep Technologies Showcased in Research Abstracts at 2021 AADSM Annual Meeting
“ProSomnus proudly supports research that investigates the performance of precision oral appliances for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.”
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AADSM: Dentists Can Order Home Sleep Tests
A new position statement supports qualified dentists’ ability to order or administer HSTs. Not everyone agrees.
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How to Be Confident in Your Dental Sleep Medicine Practice
Newly installed AADSM president David Schwartz, DDS, has worked in a collaborative sleep medicine setting for more than a decade. And he wants other dentists to enjoy the benefits of multidisciplinary colleagues too.
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A New AADSM President Begins a Two-Year Term
“The AADSM will work tirelessly on behalf of its members to develop resources that help them both build and strengthen referring relationships.”
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How Collaborative Care for Sleep Disorders Could Be Better
When physicians and dentists communicate well with each other, more sleep apnea patients are diagnosed and adherent to therapy.
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Extra Patient Communication Ups Oral Appliance Adherence, Finds AADSM Award-Winning Abstract
Mailed brochures and email check-ins boosted wear at 1, 3, and 6 months.
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How to Make Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy More Predictive for Oral Appliance Candidates: AADSM-Award Winning Abstract Investigates
The team tested a titratable device that identified responders and non-responders during DISE.
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The Best Test for Oral Appliance Protrusive Distance May Be Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy, Suggests AADSM Award-Winning Abstract
DISE can be a one-stop shop to identify collapsible areas.
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AADSM Award Winner: For Adults with Down Syndrome, Sleep Studies Should Be Routine
There’s a high prevalence of sleep apnea and bruxism in this population, but patients and caregivers are not aware of their presence.
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Consider an Oral Appliance’s Vertical Dimension of Occlusion to Improve Outcomes, Finds AADSM Award-Winning Abstract
Specific phenotypes exhibit benefit from increased VDO.
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AADSM Award-Winning Abstract Sheds Light on Interplay Between Sleep Bruxism and Sleep Apnea
Whether sleep bruxism is primary or secondary has implications on disorder management.
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Is Sleep Medicine “Essential”?
During the coronavirus pandemic, sleep professionals decide what procedures occur now and which are postponed, using general guidance from government agencies and professional associations.
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