Dental Sleep Medicine Insider September 2017 | Page 15

“Need patients? Start screening the people who walk through your
doors every day. GIve a talk at the Rotary club. Remember: 1 in 4 adults
in the U.S. has a sleep breathing problem. Don’t want the patient’s bite
to change? Nor do I. At least your patient’s bite will look good during
the viewing at the funeral home. Keep it in perspective.”
“I used to do a little bit of
sleep, but I stopped because
I just didn’t have the pa-
tients.”
If you make a conscious de-
cision not to do dental sleep
and a conscious effort to
discuss airway, snoring, and
sleep issues with your pa-
tients and refer them to the
appropriate dentist in your
community, then I am not
speaking to you. Congrat-
ulations. Likely, you are a
successful dentist enjoying
a meaningful career already.
I’m talking to the dentist
who wants to do dental
sleep medicine but is not
doing it because his “BUT”
is in the way.
Don’t know enough? Start
reading. Every night. Take
a course. Listen to a pod-
cast. Attend DS3 online
study clubs…
Need patients? Start
screening the people who
walk through your doors
every day. Give a talk at the
Rotary club. Remember: 1
in 4 adults in the US has a
sleep breathing problem.
Don’t want the patient’s bite
to change? Nor do I. At least
your patient’s bite will look
good during the viewing at
the funeral home. Keep it in
perspective.
Don’t procrastinate; get out
BUT
DR. RICHARD DRAKE
Dr. Richard Drake has
been exclusively treat-
ing snoring and ap-
nea for 15 years. He
Co-Founded
Dental
Sleep Solutions and
DS3 Systems and has
a stae of the art sleep
practice in San Antonio,
TX.
of the habit of reacting and
instead become proactive;
don’t make a habit of tell-
ing others your problems;
stop being a victim. Take
responsibility for where you
want your professional ca-
reer to go to and then make
it happen. Own it. You CAN
do it!