Blog List – Classic

S-Force Dental Impression Materials. 10 pack for only $139.00 ASBA DISCOUNT  Silicone impression material consists of a base and catalyst in a putty consistency. Silicone impressions are classified according to their method of polymerisation on setting. They are available in a range of viscosities including light, medium, heavy and very high viscosity (or putty) material. Developing and distributing world class dental PVS impression materials to dental and orthodontic offices, and to sleep apnea...Read More

The ASBA Members Mobile App is designed to reinforce your education about the different components of dental sleep medicine. It enhances your knowledge with questions to test your recall, interpretation and problem-solving skills The App, which is available for both Apple and Android devices includes Self-Study Modules – (Future updates will be eligible for Continuing Education (CE) Credits). Use the app anytime that’s convenient and help maximize your comprehension of dental and medical sleep m...Read More

Dr. Kent Smith, D-ABDSM, ASBA has been fighting the good fight for sleep apnea awareness for most of his career. The founding director of Sleep Dallas is a longtime advocate for dental sleep medicine, and a dental sleep practice pioneer. He’s also the president of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy, and the owner and primary facilitator of 21st Century Sleep Seminars, a series of training events that prepares dental professionals to incorporate dental sleep medicine into their practices. D...Read More

Valued Friends and Clients: This is David Gergen, Executive Director of The American Sleep and Breathing Academy. President and CEO of Pro Player Health Alliance. President and CEO of Gergen’s Orthodontic Lab. Friends I have not put my name on a Dorsal Fin appliance for more than 40 years because I was simply not in love with the design, and I’ve been well are aware of cases where the appliance has broken and the fin has been asipirated into the lungs. There have been, to my knowledg...Read More

We would like to wish our esteemed colleague and founding member of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy Dr. Harry Sugg a wonderful 80th birthday. We hope you are blessed with health and happiness for many more years to come. Dr. Sugg still runs his Wheatland Dental Care Practice in Dallas, TX. His list of accolades are too long to mention, so we though it would be a good idea to republish one of his articles so you can the understand the man… the icon!.   National Football League...Read More

In the radically changed work rhythms of the global pandemic, workers are discovering a new life no longer dictated by the strict schedules of the office. BBC.com took note of the relatively new phenomenon in a June 23 Rethink article that pondered: Will companies help us improve our sleep habits?   “Our sleep does seem to have changed during the pandemic,” writes Matthew Walker, sleep scientist, on behalf of the BBC. “There is some emerging data from some sleep-tracking companies that sugg...Read More

Sleep pioneer Dr. William C. Dement died on June 17, 2020, according to a report from the Sleep Research Society (SRS). As a researcher, clinician, educator, advocate, and mentor, Dement’s legacy extends across the sleep community and beyond.  At Stanford University, where he spent nearly his entire career, Dement opened one of the world’s first sleep disorders clinics in 1970. During an extraordinary time of discovery that started in the 1950s, Dement and colleagues described the human sleep cy...Read More