Natural treatment options for sleep apnea can be broken down into two main categories; lifestyle changes and herbs & minerals. Lifestyle Changes: Lifestyle changes can make a huge difference in the severity of sleep apnea, reducing the number of apneas per night and in some cases eliminating them completely. The most effective lifestyle changes are… [Continue Reading]
Using Anatomical Assessment to Guide Oral Appliance Therapy
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Atul Malhotra, MD Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder with major consequences1. Although CPAP is the treatment of choice for OSA, many patients are non-adherent with therapy or refuse diagnosis as they would prefer to avoid this treatment2. As a result, efforts are being focused on… [Continue Reading]
Getting Personal with your Sleep Patterns
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“For some people, sleep is anything but restful. Adults need at least 7-8 hours of sleep to function properly. Instead of struggling to understand why you are unable to sleep well, there are sleep experts who can explain how your sleeplessness may be affecting your health and determine how to improve your sleep. We need… [Continue Reading]
Athletes and Sleep Apnea
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By: Holly Jordano When people think of the disorder Obstructive Sleep Apnea-one might picture a middle aged, over weight, unhealthy man with a cigarette dangling from his lips, snoring in his la-z-boy chair. Through raised awareness, dental enlightenment and even mainstream television-we’ve actually learned that’s not the case at all. OSA is effecting women, children,… [Continue Reading]
Decisions, Decisions! PSG or Home Sleep Test: Which is Better?
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Recently while being interviewed during a webinar I was asked, “Which is a better method of testing for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), portable sleep testing or monitored polysomnograph (PSG) tests?”. During the heated discussion it became obvious to me that this is a controversial subject with many factors and extraneous influences. So, which is better… [Continue Reading]
Implementation of Monitoring to Prevent Respiratory Complications with Sedation
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Kathryn Hansen, BS, REEGT, CPC Integration Consultants, Lexington, KY Kentucky Sleep Society, Lexington, KY Consultant, Oridion Technologies Implementing a monitoring program to reduce respiratory risk in patients receiving sedating medication is supported by published clinical and scientific evidence. The American Society of Anesthesia practice parameters define specific criteria for management of postoperative patient care to… [Continue Reading]
Sleep Group Solution Seminar Leads to The Creation of The Virginia Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
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By: Michael O. McMunn, DDS, MAGD, ACD One of my favorite aspects about the practice of dentistry is the abundance of continuing education courses one can take. I have been to Pankey, LVI, Misch Institute Pikos, local, state and university sponsored courses too numerous to name them all. But, in my 32 years of practice… [Continue Reading]
No more guessing position!: The future of Acoustic Airway Imaging
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By: Adam Moscovitch, MD, FRCPC and John Nadeau If there is one common theme you’ll hear from SGS doctors and trainers it’s this: “It’s not about which appliance you make, it’s about finding the position to put the mandible in” In the dental sleep medicine field you can hear literally thousands of opinions about “which… [Continue Reading]
Academic Currents
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By Jeffrey J. Fredberg* Professor, Harvard School of Public Health Let me pose two questions that ought to be of interest to every reader of this magazine. The answers might surprise you. The first is this. What subject area of science or medicine is has undergone explosive growth, has accumulated peer-reviewed publications in the primary… [Continue Reading]
The Future of Sleep Apnea Diagnosis and Treatment
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By: Atul Malhotra, MD Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Obstructive sleep apnea has major neurocognitive and cardiovascular sequelae1-4. However, therapy for OSA remains inadequate due to variable efficacy of and variable adherence to the existing therapies5, 6. Thus, efforts are ongoing to identify new therapeutic targets for disease7, 8. For the diagnosis of… [Continue Reading]
