Wake Up Your Practice to Dental Sleep Medicine

According to the latest statistics from the sleep foundation, approximately 1 in 15 Americans may have sleep apnea and this condition affects as many as 18 million people in our country. The big question is how can dentists influence this growing disease? We can pay a little more attention to our patients and save lives. This all starts in the dental chair with everyone on the team contributing their efforts. Learn how to evaluate airway, TMD and sleep-related disorders and get paid for it. Whether you dabble in this level of service, evaluate your team or implement dental sleep medicine, the pearls you will learn can save a life.

Learning objectives:

• Learn to implement dental sleep medicine in the dental setting
• Identify the roles that each dental team member is responsible for and implement a proven workflow.
• Learn how to convert the case into acceptance and billing strategy
• Learn how to use CMS 1500 and bill for oral appliance therapy