Getting Started With Sleep Appliances

Adding a new service to a busy practice is challenging. It requires new skills in team building, systems creation, and time management. Billing, continuing care, and appointment systems will all be impacted, so focusing on the rewards available will energize your team to make a bigger difference in your patients’ health than you thought possible. This course is especially for dentists who have taken some sleep courses and are stuck on how to begin therapy and integrate it into their day-to-day practice.

2 CE Credits | 5:30–8:30 PM MST

Speaker (s)

Steve Carstensen, DDS, FAGD, DABDSM, FAAS

Dr. Carstensen is an educational consultant and the Director of Clinical Education for Airway Technologies. Since 2011, he has designed sleep courses, given keynotes, and lectured exclusively on sleep & sleep-related breathing disorders.

Patients at his clinic, Seattle Sleep, benefit from his nearly three decades of experience treating snoring and sleep-related breathing disorders. A diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, he is internationally recognized for his leadership in dental sleep medicine and lectures globally throughout the year. Dr. Carstensen is the ADA’s consultant on Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders. He is also the co-author of The Clinician’s Handbook for Dental Sleep Medicine (Quintessence), now in its second edition.

Course Highlights

• Implement a team training program that helps everyone see their role in sleep appliance therapy
• Develop internal systems for the practice that reduce implementation barriers
• Use improved verbal skills to lead patients toward asking for therapy