Month: November 2015
2016 Sleep & Wellness Conference
At the 2016 Sleep & Wellness conference you will learn from the most successful practitioners in the field of Sleep Medicine in an intimate environment where you can have your questions answered d...
Sleep Medicine Education and the American Sleep and Breathing Academy
Sleep medicine education for dentists is like handing a car mechanic a set of tools, showing him how to change a flat tire on a Chevy, and turning him loose to fix whatever shows up wrong on whatever ...
ASBA a Winner by Unanimous Decision
I have been involved with the American Sleep and Breathing Academy since its inception. I have felt that non vendor education is the best way to advance the profession and I have participated with the...
Consensus on Dealing with the 5-Minute Oral Appliance Fix
(Kent Smith, Keith Thornton, Les Priemer, Tony Soileau, Francesca Milano, Patrick Tessier, Daniel Klauer, Steve Lamberg, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello, John Carollo, Dennis Marangos, Barry Glassman, Steve C...
Consensus on Sleep Apnea Oral Appliance Selection Protocols
(Mark Collins, Dennis Marangos, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello, John Viviano, Steve Lamberg, Kent Smith, Erin Elliott, Harry Ball, John Carollo, Ken Luco, Shouresh Charkhandeh, Tim Mickiewicz, Barry Glassman...
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 l...
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...
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 partn...
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,...
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