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Farm Animal Exposure Reduces Childhood Asthma 52%
Children who are raised in households with dogs or farm animals during their first year of life may have a lower risk of asthma a few years later, a new study suggests. In the study, the researchers looked at early exposure to dogs and farm animals and the<a href=”http://www.livescience.com/36302-asthma-rates-highest-level-cdc.html”> rate of asthma</a> among about 377,000 preschool-age and 276,000 school-age children in Sweden. Among the school-age kids in the study, thos...Read More
American Sleep and Breathing Academy “Study Club” redefines successful dental sleep medicine weekend courses!
November 11th 2015, from the ASBA PEORIA, Arizona, November 11th 2015 – One of the fastest growing areas in dentistry, dental sleep medicine is also a source of annoyance and deflated expectations for a lot of Dentists who have invested in courses and equipment , only to leave with no clear plan of how to incorporate dental sleep into their practice. The American Sleep and Breathing Academy “ASBA” Study club seminars redefine what a successful dental sleep weekend course is. The Study club is l...Read More
POSITIONAL APNEA IN A 73-YEAR OLD MALE WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
This is the case of a 73-year old male who was diagnosed by the local heart institute with atrial fibrillation. The patient was under outpatient care of both a cardiologist and family doctor.Bed partner interview did not report a history of snoring nor any history of breathing difficulties during the night. However, the patient reported awakening nightly around 0300 to 0400 with the inability to return to sleep because of height- ened arousal. The patient underwent a procedure at the heart insti...Read More
Case Presentation: Catching central sleep apnea during titrations of an oral sleep appliance
By Mark Collins, DDS and James Collins Abstract Titration is often the most difficult component of dental sleep medicine and the methods used to verify titration vary between practitioners. However, the end results of titration should maximize the relief of subjective symptoms while striving to optimize objective outcomes. Epworth and Berlin Sleepiness Scales help practitioners assess and relieve subjective symptoms while pulse oximeters and home sleep testers (HST) help practitioners assess a...Read More
Continuing Education from the Back of the Room
As the clinical director of a facility Accredited by the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, I attended a course provided by a local university for primary care physicians, entitled: Current Management of Sleep Disorders: A Comprehensive Update There was not much on the flyer regarding oral appliances, but since an oral surgeon that was also a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine was speaking on the subject of surgical solutions, I was hopeful that there would be some ...Read More
Sleep Disorders Dentistry: A New Age for Dentistry
Dentistry experienced a meaningful paradigm shift regarding patient management, circa the mid 1970’s. This shift took approximately a decade, and by the mid 1980’s, it was mostly complete. I am talking about the introduction of “Soft Tissue Management” (STM) programs, which transformed dental practices from being “Prophy Mills” that offered a quick buff and shine to the typical dental patient’s dentition, to STM offices, that screened, documented, referred and managed the...Read More
Consensus on Dealing with Oral Appliance Side Effects
(Steve Carstensen, Tim Mickiewicz, Barry Glassman, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello, Les Priemer, Mark Collins, Shouresh Charkhandeh, Erin Elliott, Kent Smith, Ken Luco, John Viviano, Steve Lamberg, David Nueber, Tony Soileau) The newly formed LinkedIn Discussion Group, “SleepDisordersDentistry” has just completed an open discussion on “Dealing with Oral Appliance Side Effects: Sharing our Clinical and Verbal Protocols…”. Here is a consensus for all to ponder. What was asked, “Tooth Moveme...Read More