Sleep Apnea: Time to Wake Up with Erin Elliot - WEBINAR

This is a hybrid course (in-person and webinar). This is an introduction to sleep apnea. The Friday course, Beyond the Basics, can be a follow-up lecture to this course. It is in person at Lane Community College.

Speaker Bio: Erin Elliott, DDS

Dr. Erin Elliott grew up in Southern California but went away to a small NAIA school in Western New York, where she played collegiate soccer and graduated summa cum laude from Houghton College. After graduating from Creighton Dental School in the top 5 in 2003, she settled in North Idaho to begin her general dentistry career. She has a special interest in DentalSleep Medicine and technology. She has lectured extensively on this topic and loves to help general dentists extend this life-saving service to their patients. She is an active member of her local American Dental Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. She teaches a 2-day Sleep Apnea Implementation Course with 3D-Dentists and Dr. Tarun Agarwal.

Course Information:

SLEEP APNEA: TIME TO WAKE UP! INTRODUCTION TO SCREENING PATIENTS IN YOUR PRACTICE

There are hundreds of undiagnosed patients in your practice suffering from sleep apnea. Guaranteed. Untreated sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure, stroke, heart conditions, and diabetes.

Did you know that dentists play a key role in treating sleep apnea?

This practical, interactive course is designed to educate you on detecting and treating this condition so you can improve your patients’ health and quality of life while building your practice.

This two-hour lecture is non-fiction, based on a real-life general dental practice. This course isn’t full of impractical processes in an ideal setting. We’ll focus on pragmatism and proven techniques that lead to successful sleep apnea treatment.

Go beyond the science and learn a workflow that actually works. The course emphasizes the four vital steps for successful implementation: Awareness, Diagnosis, Financials, and Treatment.

Course Objectives: You will leave this seminar with confidence and understanding

• Overview of sleep & sleep Apnea
• Signs, symptoms, & health consequences of untreated sleep Apnea
• Create awareness in the hygiene department
• Oral appliance selection criteria

Dinner provided.

Free for all Coastal Cascades Dentist Society Members, $75 for Oregon Dental Association Members, $100 for nonmember dentists, and $40 for staff and business associate members.

LCDS is an ADA CERP recognized provider approved by the Oregon Dental Association. ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, no does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.

LCDS is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education programs of this provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship, Mastership and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not imply acceptance by a State or provincial board of dentistry or AGD Endorsement. The current term of AGD approval extends from 1/16/2023 to 1/15/2027.