4 ways your patients can improve their sleep
It is vital that our patients get a good night’s sleep every night, especially after a long, stressful day. But what happens if they are not getting enough restful [...]
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Have you started thinking about your new year’s resolutions yet? If you haven’t started yet, that’s OK. You still have some time. To help make your decisions easier, have [...]
6 tips to help your patients with sleep apnea this holiday season
Throughout the holiday season, we always want to make sure we are in good health and are able to enjoy time with friends and family. But what if your [...]
4 tips to provide your TMD patients this holiday season
The holiday season is the best for spending time with family that you might not see that often. However, what happens when your patients suffer from temporomandibular joint (TMJ) [...]
How a child’s bite can cause long-term complications
It is important to educate our patients’ parents on their child’s bite. They might not realize it, but their child’s bite can cause long-term complications. For example, a child’s [...]
Motivational interviewing can help identify sleep apnea
Sometimes our patients don’t tell us everything. That is why we need to make sure we maintain open lines of communication at every visit. One way to improve communication [...]
Is TMD interrupting your patients’ sleep?
Only 58% of people visit their dentist at least once a year. This might be shocking to you, but the reality is, it’s true. We need to get our [...]
Here is what you need to know about bruxism
Bruxism is a term used to describe gnashing and grinding of the teeth that occurs without a functional purpose. Whether a patient’s teeth grinding is due to a nervous [...]
Why working with your local sleep physician is important
Teamwork makes the dream work, right? That’s what we see in just about everything we do. From baseball players to business people, teamwork is what keeps us going. That [...]
Help your office with Dr. Patel’s educational book on sleep apnea
In March of 2015 I teamed up with Dr. Dillard to create Freedom from CPAP: Sleep Apnea Hurts, the Cure Doesn’t Have To. Together we wanted to educate dentists [...]