Initiating a Sleep Apnea Screening Protocol in Your Dental Practice
Saturday, January 30, 2027
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Course Code:
841SL
Credits:
2
CE Hours
NO CHARGE — REGISTRATION REQUIRED
When you ask your patients “how are you?”, how many answer “tired," mention that their partner says they snore or that their blood pressure has been creeping up for years despite their medication? Maybe, they even fell asleep in your chair. In the United States, 84 million adults may have obstructive sleep apnea – 3 out of every 10 adults – and eighty percent of those people are undiagnosed or untreated. They are going through their days exhausted, hypertensive, at elevated risk for heart attack, stroke, and cognitive issues. The dental team is positioned to change that, and this course will teach you how.
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After this course attendees will be able to:
- Identify patients at risk for obstructive sleep apnea
- List anatomical risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea
- Implement simple screening protocols in your office
- Recognize the benefits of incorporating sleep apnea screening in your practice
- Understand what obstructive sleep apnea is and how it affects overall health
- Describe how dentists can treat sleep apnea with oral appliance therapy
The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine grant has been applied to this course.
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