The Sleep Education Consortium is pleased to present the Sleep Education Consortium Conference:
INTEGRATING THE GROWING ROLE OF THE DENTIST INTO THE MEDICAL TREATMENT TEAM FOR SLEEP DISORDERS
ABOUT CONFERENCE
This conference architects the growing link between dentistry and sleep medicine, and it will become clear how the dentist can play a larger role in the overall health of patients.
The Houston, Sleep Education Consortium presents a unique opportunity to learn about the dentists’ role in sleep disorders treatment (we don’t just treat “a” disorder).
In an effort to provide the best educational experience the conference provides lectures specifically designed to address the educational needs of the D.D.S., and the second day of lectures is open to all health care professionals and has a broader range of sleep related lecture topics.
By addressing the patients’ questions regarding sleep issues, the dentist and support staff can be grounded in the broader aspect of sleep disorders on a basic level. The conference will allow the dentist and support staff to become familiar with a multitude of sleep problems, and they can be more responsive to questions patients may ask as the dentist screens for sleep disorders within their practice. The educational methods will include lectures, Q&A and panel discussion.
GAIN THE KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED
to address your patient’s sleep concerns in a three day comprehensive course tailored to provide dental professionals with the essentials to build their dental practice in this evolving area of dentistry.
This course establishes the framework for enhancing collaboration between dental and medical professionals, using didactic and clinical educational methods, in the diagnosis and management of patients with sleep disorders. It will become clear how the dentist can play a large role in the overall health of these patients.
During this three-day, comprehensive course, the dentist will gain the knowledge needed to address patients’ sleep concerns. Dentists and staff attending this conference will become educated on the broad spectrum of sleep disorders on a basic-level and learn, in a more detailed fashion, about sleep-related breathing disorders. The dentist will gain knowledge that will help when screening for sleep disorders or providing guidance to patients who need proper medical care, by physician colleagues, for sleep disturbances.
The conference will offer hands-on experience to practice taking a bite record, perform an airway exam and in making a morning repositioner. This course will provide dental professionals with a pathway for building this aspect of their dental practice while functioning within accepted medical standards.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
The Sleep Education Consortium (SEC) presents a unique opportunity to learn about the dentists’ role in sleep disorders medical field. This conference is a three-day event for dentists. Below is the agenda for all three days of the conference. The first day is designed for dentists, whereas the second day and first half of the third day is designed for both physicians and dentists. Then concluding in the afternoon of the third day is a focused approach for dentists to integrate sleep medicine into their practice from a practical standpoint.
DAY 1
Thursday January 23rdDAY 2
Friday January 24thDAY 3
Saturday January 25th
08:00 - 09:00: Introduction: Sleep and breathing: The basics of understanding Obstructive Sleep Apnea and its relationship to dentistry
09:00 - 09:45Overview of the various types of dental interventions in the treatment of OSA. The dentists approach to the airway exam
09:45 - 10:15Modern concepts in Temporal Mandibular Dysfunction: Why dentists must understand OSA to optimally treat TMD patients
- 10:30 - 11:15
Overview of Appliance Therapy and understanding the different types available. Minimizing side effects with Morning Repositioners
- 11:15 - 11:35
Taped video: The basic key points a dentist needs to recognize on an oral airway exam
- 11:35 - 12:00
Demonstration of – making a construction bite and Morning Repositioners.
- 4:30 - 5:00
Identifying and managing complications in OSA patients treated with oral appliance therapy.
- 5:20 - 5:40
Optimal communication for physician collaboration. What information to send to a physician for a referral and sleep study request – The referral form
- 5:40 - 6:00
Wrap-up and review – QA
REGISTER TODAY
Early-bird registration ends on December 1st
Dentist Bundle
Register Now and Get EARLY BIRD Discount- Regular Price $1595
- 3 Day Course
- $200 OFF Until December 1st
- Now$1395
Non-dentist health professional
- 3 Day Course
- $549
CONFERENCE FACULTY
Jerald H. Simmons, MD
J. Cary Moorhead, MD, FACS
Joy L. Moeller
Hal Stewart, DDS
William Ondo, MD
Sal Rodas, MBA
Duane Grummons, DDS, MSD
Terry D Taylor, DDS, MS
Gerard J. Meskill, MD
Rob Veis, DDS
Ronald S. Prehn, ThM, DDS
Joseph Yousefian
Conference Location
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Houston
Greenway Plaza, Houston, TX
6 E Greenway Plaza, Houston, Texas, 77046
TEL: +1-713-629-1200 | FAX: +1-713-850-2336
For reservations and more information on the facility please click HERE.
