Team-based care works in dental sleep medicine
Just like any sporting event, teamwork means success. While you won’t be choosing a whole roster, you will need to find a sleep physician to work with. Collaboration with [...]
Use Dr. Patel’s educational book on sleep apnea in your practice
It has been more than three years since I teamed up with Dr. Dillard to create an educational book on sleep apnea. We created this book to help educate [...]
Revisit dental sleep medicine for improved knowledge and care
So many of our patients are currently suffering from sleep apnea and they might not even be aware of it. When people wake up feeling even more tired than [...]
What are the ABCs of dental sleep medicine?
What do the airway, bruxism and craniofacial pain all have in common? It might seem like nothing, but there is a lot more than you might realize. And while [...]
Comparing sleep apnea and quality sleep
There are about 90 million Americans that suffer from snoring during sleep. About half of these people are “simple snorers,” or primary snorers, while the other half might actually [...]
Don’t hop aboard the medical marijuana train for sleep apnea
Lately we have been seeing a lot of news articles about medical marijuana. We have new states popping up every month in support of the legalization of marijuana. While [...]
Study suggests hypoxia is the main cause of BP rise in sleep apnea
Patients who had previously used continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for the treatment of sleep apnea, found that it helped to eliminate their morning blood pressure elevations. It also [...]
Teenagers are not getting enough sleep
When we think about teenagers, we often think that they sleep too much. However, in reality, this is not the case at all. Teenagers are actually not getting [...]
ADHD can exacerbate sleep apnea symptoms
Our patients should not have a problem sleeping--it should be a simple solution. When it’s nighttime and you get tired, going to bed should be the least of our [...]
Dental sleep medicine standards for sleep-related breathing
Sleep-related breathing disorders are one of six classifications of sleep disorders identified in the International Classification of Sleep Disorders - Third Edition, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s clinical [...]