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The ASBA 2025 Strategic Plan: A Vision for the Future
As we begin 2025, we are excited to announce the American Sleep and Breathing Academy’s (ASBA) annual meeting. This year co-hosted with the Southern Sleep Society. This collaboration will bring our me...
David Gergen Interviews Recent ASBA Hall of Fame Inductee, Neal Seltzer, DMD, FAGD, D’ASBA, D’ABDSM, D’ACSDD
David Gergen Interviews Recent ASBA Hall of Fame Inductee, Neal Seltzer, DMD, FAGD, D’ASBA, D’ABDSM, D’ACSDD An Interview Long Overdue I recently had the privilege to spend some time...
The Herbst Appliance – The Workhorse of Dental Sleep Medicine
Back in the Day The acrylic Herbst appliance was originally designed as a TMJ treatment device. In the 1980s, Dr. Eugene Williamson conducted courses demonstrating its effectiveness in managing TMJ di...
Pediatric Sleep Medicine: An Underexplored Field
Dr. Andrew Valenzuela specializes in pediatric sleep medicine, a discipline that even today he calls an underexplored field that he “stumbled upon” during his pediatric residency. “I happened to have ...
Innovation to Clinical Success: Pathway of Sleep Device Development
Dr Dave Singh DMD PhD DDSc © 2024 Adjunct Professor, Sleep Medicine, Stanford University, USA Idea/Innovation I am often asked how I came up with the idea of a biomimetic device, such as the DNA appli...
Understanding Why Some Oral Appliances Achieve a Better Fit!
Musings from a Orthodontic Sleep Technician (Artist) A Perfect Fit We love the moment when a mandibular advancement device “just pops right in” to the patient’s mouth, achieving a perfect fit. This se...
American Sleep and Breathing Academy Announces Nomination of Dr. Felix Liao, DDS, for ASBA Hall Of Fame
On August 1, 2024, in Phoenix, AZ, Dr. Felix Liao, DDS, was announced as a nominee for the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA). Successful nominees are induct...
Dr. Neal Seltzer DMD Inducted into American Sleep and Breathing Academy Hall of Fame
Las Vegas, April 2024, Dr. Neal Seltzer DMD, was inducted into the American Sleep and Breathing Academy “ASBA” Hall of Fame, a great honor bestowed only to very few distinguished sleep pro...
What is Pediatric Sleep Medicine?
Andrew Valenzuela, MD, FAAP, is a specialist in pediatric sleep medicine, a field that has historically been underrecognized. Thankfully, more clinicians across various disciplines are beginning to un...