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Sleep apnea training for dentists is an amazing way to expand your list of services and help patients at the same time.

With DSM Solutions you will have all of the tools you need to provide your patients with obstructive sleep apnea alternatives.

If you follow the DSM Blog, you will remember that OSA, or obstructive sleep apnea, causes people to stop breathing while sleeping. This leads to other health issues including congestive heart failure and stroke.

Unique OSA Treatment Options

With the DSM Solutions sleep apnea training program, dentists learn how to identify and treat it. This is especially important when it comes to oral appliance therapy for OSA.

With tools and support along with customized training and coaching, you will become successful while helping patients and new ones manage their obstructive sleep apnea. Web based and live classes make it easy and convenient.

Oral Appliance Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Twenty years ago, the only way to treat sleep apnea was with CPAP therapy. A CPAP machine is hooked up to a tube that is hooked up to a mask that is strapped to your face.

While CPAP machines have become more comfortable and less cumbersome over the years people still abandon them. This is because they are hard to clean and very difficult to travel with.

Oral appliance therapy is the most comfortable solution for obstructive sleep apnea. Using custom made mouth guards you will learn how to choose the best device.  

Learn More About Sleep Apnea Training for Dentists

Obstructive sleep apnea is a dangerous condition, but it doesn’t have to be. If you would like to learn more about sleep apnea training for dentists, call or click now. Your patients, and your new ones, will thank you for it.

Call for a no obligation consultation with DSM Solutions today.

Studies have shown that drowsy driving can be just as dangerous as drunk driving. In many ways, it is exactly the same.

Firstly, your judgment, reaction times and concentration on the road are impaired. 

Secondly, your chance of having an accident increases up to 15 times.

Estimates by US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:

• 810K collisions/year
• $15.9 billion in collision costs/year
• 1,400 fatalities/year

Those suffering from daytime drowsiness are most commonly snorers. Consequently, snoring is disruption to sleep in that it can be sign of obstructive sleep apnea.

What is OSA?

Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, is a condition that causes the soft tissue in the back of the throat to collapse, cutting off the air causing the person to wake. This happens potentially thousands of times during the night to begin breathing again without even knowing.

Furthermore, waking so many times over the course of the night doesn’t give the body time to rest, so the sufferer is more tired during the day. As a result, an estimated 20 million people are suffering nationwide. Of these, only 20% are currently receiving treatment.

We have all driven home a little tired. Do you remember how hard it was to concentrate? Did you have to blast the radio or air conditioning to keep yourself alert? Did you drink coffee or energy drinks just to keep your eyes open?

Imagine if that is what you felt like every time you got in your car, sleepy, spacey and distracted.

This is a dangerous risk that is more common than you may think surrounding motorists every day.

The cost of continuing to drive with undiagnosed sleep apnea is astronomical. It is estimated to cause:

 Collisions/year 810K
 $15.9 billion in collision costs/year
 Fatalities/year 1400

Screen Your Patients for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Consequently, by simply screening patients and providing treatment for OSA, you can save patients and the community the trauma of an auto accident, save money and save lives.

It is dangerous to drive impaired. You would not drive drunk, so do not drive drowsy. A better drive and a better night’s rest are possible.