“Does every patient who snores need to have a sleep study?”
Does every patient who snores need to have a sleep study? This is a question I often get asked by dentists. Consider a patient like Jane. Reason for attending; Problematic snoring-sleeping in a separate bedroom to partner. History: Not tired or sleepy, Epworth Sleepiness Score of only 2. No witnessed apnoeas and no medical comorbidity. BMI […]
“Diagnosing dental patients for sleep apnoea”
The most important step in establishing a practice in oral appliance therapy for snoring and sleep apnoea is having a simple and efficient method for organising sleep studies for dental patients. In the following article, I answer some of the questions I commonly get asked by dentists. Q: Is a sleep study the only […]