The Pleasures and Perils of Treating Sleep Apnea for the General Dentist

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Price

$175 for Registrants

300 minutes

Date Published

October 5, 2024

Publisher

Oregon Academy Of General Dentistry

Subjects

130 Electives

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Summary

Please note: This is a recorded version of Dr. Valachi's live course offering presented on October 5, 2024.

Course Overview:
This course will inform the General Dentist on the science of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the Dentist’s role in managing the airway, and how to create an OSA screening and referral program within their existing practice. Unique insights of airway management will be provided to attendees through presentations from a successful local dental sleep medicine clinician and a Portland-based sleep physician. This dynamic co-presentation will provide unique and intimate insights into the multitude of benefits that Dental Sleep Medicine can provide to a general dental practice, as well as the potential pitfalls that await the uninformed. This will include a discussion on oral appliance case selection, adjunctive therapies, and prevention and management of side effects including dental changes and TMD-related symptoms.

This program will allow participants to begin screening their own patients, and treat them effectively, allowing them to live more vital lives, and perhaps even save some of their lives.

Course Objectives:

Understand the science and pathophysiology of OSA
Lean to prevent and manage side effects that may occur from OAT
Learn a step-by-step process for managing Sleep Apnea cases from initial consultation to annual follow-up, including useful adjunctive nasal and positional therapies
Learn how to develop an effective team-based sleep apnea screening program that will identify and allow for immediate treatment of current patients from the pool of cases that exists in every dental practice
Understand the benefits and challenges of using your dental skills to work with local medical teams to co-manage this potentially lethal medical condition
Understand the medicolegal limitations under which dentists must practice dental sleep medicine

SWOD-23806

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Presenters

Keith Valachi, DDS, D-ASBA

Dr. Keith Valachi graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1987 and upon moving back to his home State of Oregon,... Read More

Program Titles and Supporting Materials

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Media Files

The Pleasures and Perils of Treating Sleep Apnea for the General Dentist - Video

Credit

If applicable, you may obtain credit in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously for this program (see pending/approved list below). If electing credit for this program, registrants in jurisdictions not listed below will receive a Certificate of Completion that may or may not meet credit requirements in other jurisdictions. Where applicable, credit will be only awarded to a paid registrant completing all the requirements of the program as determined by the selected accreditation authority.

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How to Attend

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Technical Requirements
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