Your Patients Want to Know About the CPAP Alternative
Most people who seek help for a sleep breathing disorder like snoring or sleep apnea are diagnosed by a sleep
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Sleep
Three Profitable Tips to Simplify Dental Billing for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
When I speak with dentists who have dipped their toe in the waters of treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in
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How I Use Mallampati Scores for Airway Screening
In 2017 the American Dental Association adopted a policy encouraging dentists to screen patients for sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD). This
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Using Mallampati Scores
Screening our patients for airway and breathing issues is becoming a standard in dentistry. One of the things we have
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Should Dentistry Be in the Airway Business?
We are bombarded weekly with ads for this or that course in “airway management” or “how to make money treating sleep
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An App For Sleep Apnea
Sleep issues and sleep apnea is a very serious concern today for our patients’ health. I have been giving patients
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Your Patients Want to Know: Is Sleep Apnea Causing their Morning Headaches?
You are accustomed to consulting with patients about the association of TMD with craniofacial pain, but the link to sleep
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Tongue Function & Health Issues: Part 2
When the tongue can’t function properly (especially the middle portion), a cascade of events can happen. This is a very
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Tongue Function & Health Issues: Part 1
The function or dysfunction of a tongue can lead to more health issues than many realize. Recent research has linked
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The Dental Sleep Medicine Evolution
Dentists make thousands of choices during their careers. From practice style to how to shape retirement plans, we get to decide
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Integrating Dental Sleep Medicine
It is estimated that 22 million Americans suffer from sleep apnea, with 80 percent of the cases of moderate and severe obstructive sleep apnea
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