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Board Director, American Board of Dental Specialties Speaking at ASBA Conference – Dental Sleep Medicine as a Sub-Speciality

The American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) has confirmed Dr. Ronald Brown, DDS as a speaker at the upcoming Sleep and Wellness Conference April 21-22, 2017 in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Brown’s topic, “Dental Sleep Medicine as a Sub-Speciality – It’s never been done before, how do we invest in it and how can we be first? ” has attracted interest from several doctors in the industry including the dental icon Dr. Harry Sugg who said, “I go to the ASBA’s Sleep a...Read More

Xs, Os, and Zs – NFL Players Spread Awareness of Dental Sleep Medicine at Annual Convention

Sleep and Wellness Conference from April 21-22 provides crucial clinical (and business) info for dentists. http://sleep-conference.com Harnessing America’s obsession with the National Football League (NFL) to boost awareness about sleep apnea is a tactic used to great effect by the American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA). ASBA doctors were the only sleep physicians and dentists invited to a recent National Football League Players Association (NFLPA https://www.nflpa.com/former-players/events...Read More

Sleep Dentist Dr. Dian Olah Forges Her Way to the Top in California

In a recently well planned initiative orchestrated by Pro Player Health Alliance and Living Heart Foundation, free overall health screenings are available nationwide to retired NFL players throughout the year. Due to the high standards of excellence set for the players, the sleep apnea screenings are overseen exclusively by American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) diplomates. Dr. Dian Olah, DMD, D’ASBA, said, “About one month ago David Gergen asked me to assist with an overall health screenin...Read More

Sleep Dentists: A Big Hit at NFLPA Annual Convention

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) recently chose Scottsdale, Arizona, to host its annual meeting for player representatives. Along with usual discussions of player wages, benefits, and positional elections, the Pro Player Health Alliance (PPHA), Living Heart Foundation, and Redirect Health offered free health screenings for former players. More than 100 retired players took advantage of the screenings where they were assessed for body composition, blood pressure, pulmonary...Read More

A Rising Star in Dental sleep Medicine – Dr. Anthony Scianni, D’ASBA

A year ago, nobody knew who Dr. Anthony Scianni was in dental sleep medicine . In only six months after joining the American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA), he has been elected to the board of the ASBA and now is one of the fastest rising stars in dental sleep medicine. He is the only dentist selected by David Gergen and the Pro Players Health Alliance to treat former pro football players for obstructive sleep apnea in the  New Jersey chapter of the  National Football League Players Associat...Read More

ASBA Diplomates Will be Participating in a Sleep Diagnostic and Therapeutic Health Program at the 2017 NFLPA Annual Meeting

The NFLPA’s annual meeting will be located in Scottsdale, AZ during March 17-21. The meeting is intended for positional elections, news conferences, reviews concerning wages, hours and working conditions and discussing rights as professional football players in the National Football League. This year’s agenda will be slightly different. Being added to the sold out event will be former player screenings for overall health which will include vision, hearing, blood work, pulmonology, sl...Read More

Be a Preferred Dentist for Physician Referrals in Sleep by Becoming an ASBA Diplomate

The American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA), the premier academy for dental sleep medicine education and practice management, has partnered with The American Board of Sleep and Breathing (ABSB). The ABSB is an independent organization that provides a Diplomate designation for dentists who provide evidence of knowledge and skill in the provision of oral appliance therapy for sleep and breathing disorders. The certification program within the ASBA/ABSB exists purely for the certification of de...Read More

You Know the Science, But Do You Know How to Make Money?

If you’re going to take the time and expense to attend a conference, you want it to count. You want it to translate to more business. The American Sleep & Breathing Academy (ASBA) understands this better than any of the organizations out there. As vice president of Sleep Group Solutions (SGS), I will be speaking at the ASBA show. At SGS, we have gotten away from the clinical didactic stuff and really focused on what makes an office successful in dental sleep medicine. The science is great, b...Read More