COURSE OVERVIEW:

A recent study of two dental practices found 60% of male patients 25-65 to have mild to moderate apnea, 33% had severe apnea. The base of the tongue relapses into the throat blocking the airway during supine sleep in many of our patients. Dentists are the ideal healthcare practitioners to prevent the mandible and tongue from blocking the airway. This course will open your eyes so that you can open the airway.

• Sleep Apnea - A human condition evolution of the human airway and TMJ
• Overview of Sleep Medicine
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Pathophysiology, Health Risks and Diagnosis with Polysomnography
    • Diagnosis Ambulatory Studies and PSG
  • Sleep Apnea and Hypopnea
  • Upper Airway Resistance
  • Nasal Airway
  • Upper Airway Evaluation: Clinical Examination and Imaging Analysis
  • Medical Health Risks
    • Medical Management with C-PAP and Behavioral Therapies
    • Surgical Treatment
    • C-PAP, Bi-PAP
• Practical Practice of Dental Sleep Medicine
  • Oral Appliance Therapy: Types and Mechanisms of Action
  • Oral Appliance Therapy: Titration of Mandibular Advancement Devices
  • Oral Appliance Therapy: Insertion and Adjustments, Side Effects and Complications
  • Practice Marketing and Patient Management: A Team Approach
  • Scope of Practice and Medicolegal Issues
  • Insurance Reimbursement

During this program, a selection of the participants will be asked to participate in a sleep study that will be analyzed during the program.

SPEAKERS:
Dr. Michael Gelb is an innovator in sleep apnea, painful TMJ disorders, and other head and neck pain disorders. Dr. Gelb has studied breathing related sleep disorders (BRSD), specializing in how they relate to fatigue, focus, pain, and the effects all of these can have on a person's life. Dr. Gelb, received his D.D.S. degree from Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery in 1982 and his M.S. degree from SUNY at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine. He is the former Director of the TMJ and Orofacial Pain Program at the NYU College of Dentistry and is also Clinical Professor in the Department of Oral Medicine and Pathology at the NYU College of Dentistry. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Tufts University in Boston. He was awarded Diplomate of the American Board of Orofacial Pain in 1995. Dr. Gelb is a co-inventor of the NORAD, or Nocturnal Oral Airway Dilator appliance that reduces snoring by positioning the patient's tongue and jaw so that airways stay open. He has also updated the Gelb or MORA appliance, named after his father and has 3 patents pending for sleep and pain management.

Dr. Mark Abramson has a private practice limited to the treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders and Head and Neck Pain. He is a staff physician at Stanford University Medical Center and on staff at the Stanford Integrative Medicine Clinic and Co-founder of the Stanford Medical Center Orofacial Pain Clinic and consultant to the Stanford Hospital Pain Clinic. Dr Abramson founded the Stanford Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Clinic 15 years ago and teaches this program through the Stanford Integrative Medicine Clinic and Stanford Medical School Health Improvement Program. Dr Abramson is a Diplomat in American Board of Orofacial Pain and Diplomat in the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and Fellow in the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain Management. He lectures worldwide and teaches on such diverse subjects as medical use of meditation, dental sleep medicine, TMD and Harvard Medical School - Healthy Lives Healthy Kitchens. Dr Abramson is the developer of the O2 OASYS Oral/Nasal Airway System™ of the major dental devices for treatment of sleep apnea.