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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, interpretati...

ASBA Announces ‘Invited Lecture’ David Gergen “The Master of the Mandible”

December 04 1982… David Gergen rolled out of bed and had his career “aha” moment. Gergen knew he was going to save lives around the world, but oddly enough it was going to be through a dental ca...

More than a Feel Good Statement?: AADSM Position Paper

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,...

Double D AKA DD

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 O...

Happy 80th Dr. Sugg – Four Decades and No End in Sight

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...

Pandemic Sleep Rhythms Could Change Traditions

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 pheno...

In Memory of Sleep Pioneer Dr. William C. Dement

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 exte...

Steroid Treatment for COVID-19 Shows Promise

In March 2020, the RECOVERY (Randomized Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) trial was established as a randomized clinical trial to test a range of potential treatments for COVID-19, including low-dose de...

Pandemic Puts Spotlight On Breathing

Sometimes it takes a national emergency to illuminate what people instinctively already know, namely that sleep and breathing are important. A new book called Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art may...