Blog List – Modern

Dentistry’s Hidden Calling “The Airway”

Making the decision to branch out into dental sleep medicine, treating obstructive sleep apnea and airway issues with oral appliance therapy requires research, education, a large new learning curve, commitment, patience, and passion.  The bad news, doing it well, doing it right, and doing it success...Read More

From Safaris to Sleep – National Geographic Tackles Slumber

National Geographic magazine has long been the gateway to high adventure and exotic locales, but the Aug 2018 issue marks a departure into the foreign land of the human mind during sleep. Flight, sexual stimulation, and death are all fair game as the human brain descends into slumber.   The fact tha...Read More

Sugg – Four Decades and No End in Sight

National Football League (NFL) players get used to excellent medical care during their playing days as high profile athletes, and that yearning for the best continues into retirement. Plenty of cowboys from the ranch, and even a few from the gridiron, find their way through the doors of Dallas-based...Read More

Opening Doors With ASBA Diplomate Status

Paul Van Walleghem, DDS, has been with the American Sleep & Breathing Academy (ASBA) from the start. As credentialing director for the ASBA, Van Walleghem has shepherded numerous dentists to Diplomate status, a crucial step in starting or cementing key relationships with sleep physicians. “Physi...Read More

The Next Generation of You: Roy Green

Former All-Pro wide receiver Roy Green and offensive lineman Derek Kennard were teammates who shared the huddle while with the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals from 1986 to 1990. Since then, they’ve shared a friendship. After discovering he had sleep apnea, an aliment which causes stoppages in breathing ...Read More

Professional Athletes Foundation – Proper Sleep is More Than a Curfew

Much like the growing awareness surrounding brain trauma and its effects, the problem of poor sleep is gaining traction in the public eye. The NFLPA’s Professional Athletes Foundation, The Living Heart Foundation and Pro Player Health Alliance [PPHA]) work together with former NFL players to make th...Read More

NFLPA Annual Meeting: Dr. Shad Morris, DMD, Sets Example For Sleep Dentists Nationally In Former NFL Player Health Assessment

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) Former Players Convention is an annual meeting for retired NFL players who come together for days of “innovative professional and personal development workshops, networking, guest speakers and family fun”. A growing topic among the...Read More

ASBA Diplomate Dr. Shad Morris Selected to be Top Sleep Dentist in Former Player Health Screening/Testing at NFLPA’s Annual Meeting

The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) chose Las Vegas, NV to host its annual meeting for player representatives March 2018. Along with usual discussions of player wages, benefits, and positional elections, the Living Heart Foundation offers a free health screening for former playe...Read More