Dentistry's Role

The role of the sleep-disorders dentist in the management of sleep-disordered breathing is expanding and most medical sleep teams are including a properly trained dentist.

The duties of the dentist include:

• Case detection (not diagnosis)
• Assess candidacy for oral appliance (OA) therapy
• Select OA design
• Construction, delivery of OA
• Titration of OA
• Treatment follow-up and monitoring
• Collaboration with MD