Poor sleep increases heart disease risk in women
We have seen that people who get less sleep are more likely to develop obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease—this might be partially due to diet. However, studies [...]
Find out if TMD is 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 [...]
Have you partnered with your local sleep physician?
From baseball players to business people, teamwork is what keeps us going. That means it shouldn’t end with medical care or dental work. As dentists, we need to create [...]
Understanding sleep apnea in pediatric and adolescent populations
To improve oral structure and development in pediatric and adolescent patients, it is vital that dentists and their teams detect sleep disordered breathing early. Unfortunately, though, sleep disordered breathing [...]
How to help patients with ADHD and sleep apnea
After a long day, getting a good night’s sleep should be the least of our patients’ worries. But that isn’t the case for everyone. For patients with attention deficit [...]
Are you ready to provide advanced services at your dental practice?
What is next for your dental practice? If you are searching for how to provide advanced care for your patients, you’re in luck because we have an upcoming four-session [...]
3 reasons to attend our TMD and dental sleep medicine program
At Ben-Pat Institute, we are taking a new approach to providing continuing dental education for dentists and their care teams across the country. Through our hybrid approach, our orofacial [...]
More Black men are dying from sleep apnea than white men
We continue to learn more and more about sleep apnea. But what is alarming is a new study that has come out of the University of Buffalo. That study [...]
Lifestyle interventions can significantly decrease sleep apnea severity
When it comes to treating obstructive sleep apnea, as dental sleep medicine specialists, we guide our patients in the direction of oral appliance therapy. This is often because they [...]
Can we expect a medication for sleep apnea?
When it comes to sleep apnea, the most common treatments include CPAP machines and oral appliances. But what if there was a medication that could help treat sleep apnea? [...]