Introduction to Dental Sleep Medicine for
the General Dental Team & Practical Dental
Sleep Medicine Appliances - Hands-On

8:30 AM — 4:00 PM
6 CE CREDITS
Hilton Wilmington/Christiana Hotel
Newark, Delaware

Steve Carstensen, DDS

This is an overview of sleep-disordered breathing and what the dental team can do to impact the health of their patients. We cover basics of sleep, dental appliances, how to work with sleep physicians to market your service, and touch on medical insurance interaction. Complications, titration and follow-up testing will be discussed.

Attendees will be given rationale for matching the patient to the right choice of Mandibular Advancement Device, troubleshoot problems they have had in practice, experience taking records for making excellent appliances, see what to look for on sleep reports, and take home a semi-custom temporary sleep appliance of their own.

Course Objectives:

• Describe sleep physiology
• Apply basic sleep appliance therapy to select patients
• Communicate with sleep physicians about collaborative care
• Fit and discuss use of temporary appliances for SDB
• Describe the various types of mandibular advancement devices
• Have confidence recording the 3D bite registration and AM Aligner

NOTE: Hands-on course will accommodate 32 attendees. Large office groups may need to share.

Course Handout