If you have begun your DSM journey, this course is where your clinical questions will be answered! Level 2 Sleep is designed to catapult your confidence, bolster your success and hone your expertise.
Discovering the power of dental sleep medicine will ultimately lead to tremendous practice growth, production and distinction. Not only will OSA and snoring sufferers in your community benefit from oral appliance therapy procedures you competently provide, but sleep specialists will seek dentists who understand the DSM medical model.
Implementation of Dr. Allman's 7 Appointment OAT Scheduling Protocol should simplify and streamline integration of medically referred patients and management of their sleep-disordered breathing issues from a multidisciplinary and collaborative strategy; become more efficient and effective with your clinical DSM skills.
Dental sleep medicine instrumentation, implementation and interpretation can be very confusing. In this course, instrumentation that is necessary is reviewed ONCE AND FOR ALL! Stop wasting money and avoid gadget bells and whistles that fail to affect clinical outcomes and are unsubstantiated by medical literature.
The biggest fears DSM physicians have providing OAT for sleep apneic patients is creating TMJ pain and changing occlusions. OAT side effects troubleshooting protocols will be presented; the most comprehensive lecture regarding OAT issues. This course is designed to allow you to gain confidence providing OAT by presenting easy decision models for managing complaints effectively and confidently. Learn new and effective techniques to add to your tool box and discover a "morning after" appliance that is easily fabricated in-office and customized chair side to minimize occlusal changes and OAT problems!
Competent Dental Sleep Medicine Physicians should be able to diagnose and practice to a much higher standard and breadth of expertise, providing advanced procedures collaboratively with medical colleagues. Mouth doctors who continue to educate themselves can become "medically" sought after Dental Sleep Medicine Physicians; The Go-To Dentist!
The objectives of this course are for the participant to be able to:
- Confidently schedule patients with a consistent 7 appointment protocol.
- Understand appointment-by-appointment medical documentation strategies.
- Increase team performance and production with DSM.
- Distill and interpret ambulatory study data appropriately.
- Integrate the OAT Insertion Appointment and critical Patient Titration verbiage.
Additional topics addressed:
- Developing consultation, appliance and follow-up DSM fee schedules
- Provide ambulatory sleep studies cost effectively and logically
- Understanding the sleep physician's role and how to effectively work together for better outcomes
- Managing the Co-Therapy protocol with sleep physicians
- How to fabricate and properly index the “Morning After” chew toy
- How to trouble shoot OAT side effects confidently
- How to apply the WHAT, WHY and WHEN of necessary medical reports and communication
- Considering which marketing media may best serve your DSM practice
- Gaining clinical confidence through in-depth case review Q & A with Dr. Allman
Faculty Bio
Dr. Allman is the founder of the TMJ Therapy and Sleep Center of Nevada and is dedicated to the advancement of Dental Sleep Medicine in general dental practice. He is co-founder of Dental Sleep Digest, a magazine dedicated to clinical DSM practice and The OSA: Online Sleep Academy, a monthly interactive webinar series for dentists serious about advanced patient therapy education.
His journey includes 8 Fellowship and Diplomate awards, Senior International Association for Orthodontics Instructor, 5,000 + hours of continuing education, 26 years of dental practice and the loss of his mother due to untreated OSA. Dr. Allman’s mantra is "Airway is King and Tongue Volume is Queen" and it his hope that all dentists become proficient Dental Sleep Medicine Physicians.
- $2,995 – Doctor
- $995 – Team
- Dental Sleep Medicine Foundations – Level I
Contact an LVI Concierge to register! 888-584-3237
LVI Global is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider. 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, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. LVI Global designates this activity for 24 continuing education credits.
