- Friday 1/26/2024
- Time: 8:00 - 10:00 am
- Course Code: 502RH
- Cost: $225
- Room Location: BCEC Room 152
- Credits: 2 CE Hours
Take a Bite Out of the Sleep Apnea Problem in Your Practice
SORRY, THIS COURSE IS SOLD OUT!
Erin Elliott, DDS grew up in Southern California but went away to a small NAIA school in Western New York where she played collegiate soccer and graduated summa cum laude from Houghton College. After graduating Creighton Dental School in 2003, she settled in North Idaho to begin her general dentistry career. She has a special interest in Dental Sleep Medicine. She has lectured extensively on this topic and loves to help general dentists extend this life-saving service to their patients. She is an active member of her local American Dental Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and is the past president and a diplomate of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy.
People are falling asleep on the highway and causing fatal auto accidents. Millions of them are suffering from increases in high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, and heart attacks. These people are your dental patients that have not yet been diagnosed and treated for sleep apnea. Dentists and dental team members can play a key role in treating sleep apnea. This practical course is designed to educate you on how to take records to begin treatment with oral appliance therapy – the right way. The dental team plays an active role in the process, so be sure they come with you to this life-saving, practice-building interactive course.
- Select the best appliance for each of your patients
- Take accurate full-arch digital or analog impressions to fabricate a sleep appliance
- Capture an accurate protrusive bite utilizing a novel instrument
- Understand the proper device delivery protocol
This course is also offered on
Friday, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, 531RH
Recommended Audience: Assistant, Dentist, Hygienist
Thanks to Henry Schein Dental and Kettenbach Dental for course materials.
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