Intro to Dental Sleep Medicine for Dental Doctors and Team Members

Overview

Dental sleep medicine is one of the fastest-growing fields in dentistry, but it has also been a source of frustration for many dentists. After investing in courses and equipment, many are left without a clear strategy for integrating dental sleep services into their practice, leading to unmet expectations.

Sleep apnea affects an estimated one billion people worldwide, though only one in five cases is diagnosed. The dental office is often the first place where a detailed examination of the oropharyngeal airway occurs. In 2017, the American Dental Association recognized the essential role of dental offices in identifying and managing sleep apnea, recommending comprehensive evaluations of airway anatomy and function as part of routine dental care.

This official American Sleep and Breathing Academy "ASBA" course provides a turnkey introduction for dental practitioners to incorporate sleep dentistry into their practice.

Register for the: Intro To Dental Sleep Medicine For Dental Doctors And Team Members Course

ASBA Courses and Instructors
American Sleep and Breathing Academy “ASBA” courses are redefining successful weekend courses in dental sleep medicine. ASBA courses are led by hugely experienced ASBA Diplomates (D'ASBA), focusing on equipping attendees with the necessary skills to integrate sleep apnea dentistry into their practice. A key distinction lies in the Academy's policy: it prohibits vendor-specific presentations unless they include competitive or comparable products. This approach fosters open discussions on clinical best practices and revenue enhancement models, promoting a comprehensive understanding among participants.

ASBA Diplomates
Each Diplomate instructor also presents their personal strategic plan, and shares the key decision points that make or break a new practice. This helps attendees test their understanding of the standard of practice employed by the ASBA Diplomate through open discussion.

Real World Practices
Each of the Diplomate Presenters have successful robust sleep practices in excess of $1.5M annually, no two are the same, each course will have minimum of 3 D'ASBA presenters. There is a tremendous amount of personalized advice and specific step-by-step instructions to aid course attendees in achieving success with their fledging sleep business.

“Training Sleep Apnea Dentistry has become rife with folks overstating their abilities and experience. Selling substandard equipment at inflated prices to an unsuspecting group of clinicians who simply want to treat their patients.”
David Gergen, ASBA

“This past weekend more than half of the attendees had attended more than one vendor sponsored seminar in the last year. As a group none of the attendees had managed to achieve any traction with sleep apnea dentistry in their practice.” Rudi Ferrate, ASBA

ASBA courses are more than a series of presentations. The Academy is your ally that helps our members build their practice using our proven methods. All courses are taught by the most successful Dentists who have built sleep practices with annual revenue over $1.5 MM.

ASBA courses are unique, affordable, and designed to give you the tools to preform at the level of the mentors. Many past participants have left many of our courses saying that it was the most vital, essential & powerful dental sleep learning event they’ve ever attended!

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Proper Protocol for Case Evaluation.
• How to screen your patients
• Order a sleep test
• How to read a sleep test
• When an MD’s authorization is required to make certain appliances
• Gather intake information for insurance
• How to bill the insurance
• How to maximize your profit with proper protocol required by insurance companies
• Case Selection once the patient has been identified having sleep apnea
• Teaching you how to select the correct appliance for the patient
• When to use a mandibular advancer
• When to use a function appliance
• When to use a vertical appliance

Increase Accuracy and Improve your "Sleep Bite" with the Ricketts Phonetic Bite. Taught by the David Gergen who worked alongside him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Ricketts

The Intro Course is suited for practices starting with sleep apnea treatment and practices that have yet to achieve their potential. We feature Doctors from a wide range of markets, from 100,000 to 6.5M population, who will share insight with you on they grew their dental sleep practice. Hear accounts from real ASBA members who have been in the same position you were a few years ago!

Learn from their successes at the next ASBA Intro To Dental Sleep Medicine Course!

Register for the: Intro To Dental Sleep Medicine For Dental Doctors And Team Members Course