Dr. Armen Mirzayan- Apnea.Today

Dr. Steven Acker- advanced apnea training

Dr. Tracey Nguyen- Pediatric airway development and apnea

Dr. Chris Phelps- Marketing, Call Tracking, Call Centers.

DR STEVEN ACKER

TOPICS:

• Understanding how breathing and airway are the centerpieces of “Breathing Disordered Sleep”.
• Recognizing that breathing and airway disorders during sleep are related to structure, function and behavior during daytime breathing
• Full discussion of structure, function and breathing and how dentistry plays a primary role in treatment
• Implementation of screening, data collection, and diagnosis of airway and breathing dysfunction
• Understanding our role as dentists as the quarterback of the team necessary to manage airway and breathing disorders
• Discussion of the other health professionals needed to help manage our patients.
• Recognizing that sleep apnea is the end stage of airway decompensation and how we must screen and manage this first.
• Recognizing and treating “adults in compromise” before the decompensation to sleep apnea occurs – a full discussion of Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
• The paradigm for managing sleep apnea is now diagnosis, management, and resolution.
• Understanding current options for “resolution” of sleep apnea and how this is related to epigenetics.

DR TRACEY NGUYEN

TOPICS:

• Understand why dentists are the key players in treating Sleep Disorder Breathing (SDB)
• Recognize the major medical red flags that are important in screening children with SDB
• Develop a through pediatric screening protocol
• Understand what to look for in a pediatric sleep study and understand other in office screening tools
  
• How to developing a local interdisciplinary team and market yourself as ta leader in airway management