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“Waking Up To Sleep Webinar Series”
“An Easy System for Organising Sleep Studies. The Missing Link” Providing practical and evidence-based training and mentoring programs in oral appliance therapy for snoring, sleep apnoea & bruxism for dentists and their teams. With world-leading presenters:
“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 in the normal range. Jane wants an oral appliance, can’t see why she should do a sleep study and the dentist is unsure how to proceed. Well, I can tell you that sleep physicians I speak with say that if a patient regularly snores, and
“Providing Oral Appliances for Snoring & Sleep Apnoea – Overcoming the Barriers”
Many dentists would like to start treating snoring and sleep apnoea patients but don’t know where to start. Others hit barriers in making oral appliance therapy a significant part of their practice. What is the first step in establishing a practice in dental sleep? The first step is to start identifying the many patients you would have in your practice that have problems with snoring or sleep apnoea and would benefit significantly from an oral appliance. Undiagnosed Sleep Apnoea Over 80% of the population who have sleep apnoea don’t know they have it; a simple screening will uncover many patients
“Treating Snoring and Sleep Apnoea – How The Times Have Changed”
It’s extraordinary to see how things have changed since I started in the field of oral appliance therapy for snoring and sleep apnoea almost 20 years ago. Back then it was almost impossible to get sleep physicians to take oral appliances seriously as a treatment for snoring or sleep apnoea. CPAP had been invented in Australia and it seemed like that’s all they knew, or were interested in. To be fair there wasn’t a lot of good research validating oral appliances, and that’s the language of sleep physicians. So I had my work cut out for me getting referrals. As
“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 way to diagnose sleep apnoea?A: Yes. Although there are many instances in which you can be quite sure that a patient has sleep apnoea based on their report and history, there are other conditions that can mimic the symptoms, and therefore the only way of