Dental Sleep Medicine Insider December 2015 | Page 23

[email protected] DR. RICHARD DRAKE I really encourage you to download the PDF file and take time to read through the entire 55 pages. There is an unbelievable amount of information about the dental devices we use and how our therapy compares to PAP. This info make you a better practitioner and also a much better marketer as you speak with MD’s. SURVEY FOR DENTAL-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS OR OCCLUSAL CHANGES AND REDUCE THEIR INCIDENCE. (GUIDELINE) • Market to local MD’s that you are indeed a “QUALIFIED Dentist” (If not, GET MORE CE!) 5. WE SUGGEST THAT SLEEP PHYSICIANS CONDUCT FOLLOW-UP SLEEP TESTING TO IMPROVE OR CONFIRM TREATMENT EFFICACY, RATHER THAN CONDUCT FOLLOW-UP WITHOUT SLEEP TESTING, FOR PATIENTS FITTED WITH ORAL APPLIANCES. (GUIDELINE) • Reveal your experience (when you get to more than 50 devices) The SIX recommendations: 6. WE SUGGEST THAT SLEEP PHYSICIANS AND QUALIFIED DENTISTS INSTRUCT ADULT PATIENTS TREATED WITH ORAL APPLIANCES FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA TO RETURN FOR PERIODIC OFFICE VISITS - AS OPPOSED TO NO FOLLOW-UP - WITH A QUALIFIED DENTIST AND A SLEEP PHYSICIAN. (GUIDELINE) 1. WE RECOMMEND THAT SLEEP PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE ORAL APPLIANCES, RATHER THAN NO THERAPY, FOR ADULT PATIENTS WHO REQUEST TREATMENT OF PRIMARY SNORING (WITHOUT OB