Transformative Advances in Dental Sleep Medicine: Leading Innovations from the Womb to the Tomb – Sleep Education Consortium
Dr. Jerald Simmons presents the 22nd Annual Sleep Education Consortium Event: one of the longest running conferences where physicians, dentists, and other healthcare practitioners learn and share information, network and come away with protocols for interdisciplinary collaborative care for better patient outcomes.
Join us for a three-day comprehensive conference designed specifically for dental professionals looking to enhance their practices in the dynamic field of sleep and airway dentistry. This course will provide essential knowledge and skills, focusing on fostering collaboration between dental and medical professionals through both didactic and clinical educational methods. It will establish the framework for enhancing diagnoses and management of patients with sleep disorders. It will become clear how the dentist can play a prominent role in the overall health of these patients.
Dentists and staff attending this conference will become educated on the broad spectrum of sleep disorders on a basic level and learn more details about sleep-related breathing disorders. The dentist will gain knowledge that will help when screening for sleep disorders while guiding patients who need collaborative medical care from physician colleagues for sleep disturbances.
The conference will offer hands-on experience to practice taking a bite record, performing an airway exam, and making a morning repositioner. This course will provide dental professionals with a pathway for building this aspect of their dental practice while functioning within accepted medical standards.
This is a fully digital event; the Course Syllabus will be provided on a USB drive; please bring your required laptop, iPad, etc. You will have access to electrical outlets at your seat to power your device. Tuition includes a George Gauge.
Course Objectives
Enhance your practice by exploring new developments in research related to Sleep-Related Disorders. During this three-day course, you will explore:
- Hands-on Demonstrations: Oral Airway Exam, Working with Appliances, Appliance Type Selection, Myofunctional Exam
- Using Expanders, Clear Aligners, Orthodontics for Airway Management in Pediatric and Adult Patients
- Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy: Affecting Growth and Development, and Poor Outcomes
- Groundbreaking Methods to Monitor Patients, Enhancing Appliance Titration and Improved Effects
- Surgical Treatments for Airway Management Using a Variety of New Approaches
- Beyond the Airway: Learning about Other Sleep Conditions such as Insomnia, Restless Legs Syndrome, and more
- ADHD and the link with sleep
- The Dentists’ Role in Cognitive Performance: The Mouth/Brain Connection from Infants-to-Elderly
- Billing for Dental Sleep Services
- The Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools to Enhance Clinical Practice
- Leaning the Collaborative Model of Care and Working with Medical Colleagues
- FREE Bonus Videos on Insomnia and Medical Conditions Affecting Sleep Involving Connective Tissue – Hyper-mobility Disorders and Autoimmune Conditions, and Billing Strategies for the Dental Office…and much much more
AAPMD members will receive discounted fee