Sa7028 - Sleep Tight: Integrating Practices for Sleep-Disordered Breathing and OSA from Cradle to Grave
Date/Time: 3/23/2024 8 - 11 a.m.
Type: Lectures Handouts: Yes
Room: Omni - Grand Ballroom A-D1
Dentist Fee: $0.00 Other Fee: $0.00
Audience: Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants, Office Staff, Lab techs, Spouses, Students
Keyword(s): Communication
Health and Wellness/Nutrition
Hygiene
Lasers
Sleep Medicine
Oral Systemic Health
AGD Code: 730
Supporting healthy airways has become the dentists’ privilege and responsibility! It's true that 26% of Americans have Obstructive Sleep Apnea, but it didn't start there. Learn the progression from healthy breathing to OSA that includes many factions of disordered breathing, allergy, microbiome insufficiency, midface underdevelopment, tethered tissues and muscle incoordination. Learn to recognize risk factors, screen, and diagnose breathing disorders from infancy to elderly. You will also uncover new treatment strategies that you can successfully integrate into your dental practice.