TORONTO SLEEP FELLOWSHIP

MODULE 1 - BASIC SLEEP PRINCIPLES

• Sleep physiology

• Sleep disorders

• Correlation of symptoms/disorders/diseases and sleep disorders

• Airway anatomy and respiratory physiology

MODULE 2 - SLEEP DISORDERS AND THE DENTAL PRACTICE

• Review of sleep medicine principles

• Strategies for screening sleep disorder patients

• Patient examination principles

• Patient education

• Treatment options: CPAP, Oral Appliance, Oral Surgery

• Alternative treatments

MODULE 3 - OROFACIAL PAIN, TMD AND SLEEP BRUXISM

• Interrelationship with sleep disorders

• Review of head and neck anatomy specifically related to TMD, craniofacial pain disorders and the airway

• How to recognize and avoid potential craniofacial pain/TMD in sleep apnea patients

• Management of TMD symptoms

MODULE 4- SLEEP TESTING

• Types of sleep testing

• Patient evaluation for sleep testing.

• Interpretation and evaluation of sleep testing results

• Communication with physicians and sleep laboratories

MODULE 4 - Workshop A

• Interpretation and evaluation for sleep testing

• Administering a Home Sleep Test

• Each participant will have the opportunity to take home a HST

MODULE 4 - Workshop B

• Uploading HST Data

• Evaluating participant sleep studies

MODULE 5 - ORAL APPLIANCE THERAPY

• Uploading HST Data

• Evaluating participant sleep studies

MODULE 5 - Workshop A

• Proper examination principles

• Impression and bite registration techniques

• Participants will be provided a patient to fabricate an oral appliance start to finish

MODULE 5 - Workshop B

• Appliance, fitting

• Titration principles

• Appliance adjustment techniques

MODULE 6 - IMPLEMENTATION AND INTEGRATION INTO YOUR DENTAL PRACTICE

• How to involve your entire dental team

• Marketing and growing your dental sleep medicine practice

• Patient Billing

• Medico-Legal Risk Management for OSA and informed consent