The Clinician's Handbook for Dental Sleep Medicine
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Beschreibung
Oral appliance therapy results in much better adherence than CPAP for patients with obstructive sleep apnea. This new update of the bestselling title is the how-to guide for incorporating dental sleep medicine into an existing dental practice, including step-by-step instructions for examination, appliance selection, follow-up care, complications, legal issues, and medical insurance and Medicare considerations.
Millions of Americans suffer from OSA, and at least one patient in five has mild OSA. Whereas patient compliance with CPAP therapy is unacceptably low (between 25% and 50%), dentists can provide a viable alternative therapy—oral appliance therapy (OAT)—that results in much better compliance. This book clearly delineates the dentist’s role in the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders, with practical advice for incorporating dental sleep medicine into an existing dental practice, including step-by-step instructions for examination, appliance selection, and follow-up care as well as how to work with sleep physicians. Complications of OAT, legal issues, and medical insurance and Medicare considerations are also covered. This updated edition includes contributions from experts in physical therapy, myofunctional therapy, and rhinomanometry, as well as advice on proper breathing by breathwork training expert Patrick McKeown.
Autor*in
Ken Berley
Ken Berley, DDS, JD, is a dentist and lawyer who has focused his dental practice on the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and temporomandibular disorders. He is also the president of a consulting firm offering in-office training on dental sleep medicine (DSM) and consent forms and documents to assist DSM practice. Dr Berley is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and regularly lectures in the areas of risk management and the development of a successful DSM practice. He has been published in Sleep Review magazine and other journals associated with sleep-disordered breathing, and he provides consulting services for various insurance companies and actively defends and advises dentists who are facing legal charges.
Themen in »The Clinician's Handbook for Dental Sleep Medicine«
dentistry sleep medicine functional therapy sleep dentistry oral appliance therapy clinical practice of dental sleep medicine mandibular advancement device pediatric airway problems myofunctional therapy breathing and sleep disorders sleep-disordered breathing rhinomanometry