Filtering by: Sleep Medicine
From Aligners to Airway: Expanding Your Impact in Sleep Apnea Care
Apr
8
9:00 PM21:00
Sleep Medicine, Airway

From Aligners to Airway: Expanding Your Impact in Sleep Apnea Care

Obstructive sleep apnea remains widely underdiagnosed despite its significant impact on systemic health. Dentists are uniquely positioned to identify at-risk patients and play a critical role in treatment through oral appliance therapy. This lecture will review the pathophysiology of sleep apnea, key dental screening indicators, and the clinical use of mandibular advancement devices. Attendees will also explore how orthodontic treatment and clear aligner therapy can integrate with dental sleep medicine to support comprehensive patient care.

Course Objectives

  • Understand the dentist’s role in screening and managing sleep apnea

  • Identify clinical signs and risk factors of obstructive sleep apnea in dental patients

  • Explain how mandibular advancement devices improve airway patency

  • Integrate orthodontic treatment and dental sleep medicine into a comprehensive treatment plan

Registration Open

View Event →
Sleep Apnea Training for Distinguished Dentists
Apr
19
9:00 PM21:00
Sleep Medicine

Sleep Apnea Training for Distinguished Dentists

A cutting-edge training program that teaches dentists how to transform and potentially save lives by adding a Sleep Apnea extension to their practice. This is the ultimate guide for building and sustaining a sleep apnea practice and includes instructions on what to look for, how to access, team training, marketing, billing, and more.

View Event →
Can snoring kill you?
Jan
13
9:00 PM21:00
Sleep Medicine

Can snoring kill you?

Sleep is a hot topic!! What happens when you snore? Do you realize that sleep patients young and old have always been in your practice but you lacked the “sleep goggles” to see them? As an Invisalign provider you are in a unique position to screen and find these patients. I will describe 5 easy steps to stop missing and start identifying patients & how to implement sleep in your Invisalign practice and start saving lives. Find out if you are at risk for developing sleep apnea and what does snoring have to do with it!

Course Objectives:

  • Review key sleep concepts

  • Understand the early developmental factors that impact skeletal and dental issues as an adult

  • Learn what a sleep patient looks like when they sit in your chair

  • Understand the 5 easy steps for sleep implementation in your practice

Dr.+Joan+Werleman.jpg

Presented by:
Dr. Joan Werleman

View Event →