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Strengthening Collaboration Between Dentists and Physicians

Effective dentist and physician collaboration is key to addressing the underdiagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea and improving patient care and therapy compliance rates. For sleep dentists, forging re...

Ricketts Phonetic Bite

Increase Accuracy and Improve your “Sleep Bite” with Ricketts Phonetic Bite. Given to you by the man who worked alongside of him for years – David Gergen Oral appliance therapy is co...

Be Patient and Build the Sleep Side

A thriving dental practice often resembles a juggernaut with little time or inclination to go outside of traditional dentistry, but branching out requires a willingness to slow down, be patient, and p...

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, c...

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, sexu...

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 cowboy...

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 Diplo...

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...

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 Hear...