"The fact is that physicians need dentists to do what we do, because they cannot adequately fit or maintain oral appliances. Dentistry needs medicine to monitor the health and medications of the patient. The two professions working together is very powerful."
"I encourage dentists who are involved with sleep medicine to attend the interest group and to not miss the opportunity to show
'physicians we really do care and are serious about our role.'...The Dental Interest Group is the only true interaction with medicine at the highest level offered today. We have the attention of more than 17,000 chest physicians in the United States and more than 30,000 worldwide," says Metz. "A dentist working with this group will...
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Sep 24:894-900
The main reported reasons for discontinuation of oral appliance therapy for sleep-related disordered breathing (SDB) are the presence of self-perceived adverse effects and self-appreciated lack of efficacy. However, these conclusions rely only on subjective compliance data. The purpose of this study was to determine which parameters are correlated with objectively measured data on...
ATS, renowned professional society of pulmonologists, has reached out to dentists to explore how sleep breathing therapy can be enhanced by working together.
Read the recent article.
Masticatory and Cervical Muscle Tenderness and Pain Sensitivity in a Remote Area in Subjects with a Temporomandibular Disorder and Neck Disability Read more
Morbidity and mortality risk ratios are elevated in supine dominant OSA Read more
Prevalence of Residual Excessive Sleepiness During Effective Oral Appliance Therapy for Sleep-disordered Breathing Read more
A 2-year Mean Follow-up of Oral Appliance Therapy for Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Read more
Exploring the treatment response of oral appliance in elderly patients & patients with severe OSA Read more
Combination Therapy TMD/OSA a case study by Dr. James Metz Read more
