“Oral Appliance Therapy”
For snoring, sleep apnoea & bruxism
8-Week Online Training Program presented by Australia’s leading practitioners and educators in dental sleep medicine, including ongoing one-on-one mentoring.
Commencing Wednesday, 8th May 2024
18 CPD Hours
Make Oral Appliance Therapy a significant part of your Practice.
This program is both practical and evidence-based and suitable for practitioners with all experience levels. It has been designed to provide you with a detailed understanding of treatment. It includes a session for taking optimal bite registrations for both mandibular advancement splints and occlusal splints.
The program will be led by Dr Harry Ball, a world-leading authority on dental sleep medicine and will also feature presentations from other experts in the field.
The program will provide all the steps in making oral appliance therapy a valuable part of your practice. The program is ideal for revision and training key staff members who have an important role to play in providing this service.
Webinar Dates
To accommodate the addition of one of Australia’s leading sleep physicians to our webinar, who will bring invaluable expertise in dental sleep medicine to our program, we have moved the first webinar to Wednesday, 8th of May 2024.
The new dates for the webinars are as follows:
8 Week Program Outline
The 8-week program is designed to give dentists the tools and knowledge needed to feel confident treating patients soon after registering for the program. On registering, you have immediate access to the program to watch and review at your leisure. The program commences with the first webinar.
Week One to Three
First Webinar
Wednesday, 8th May 2024, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm AEST
Topics Covered:
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- How to use the program,
- Selecting a patient – screening for OSA/Snoring,
- Organising a sleep study,
- Records required for a MAS – taking a registration,
- Preventing and managing occlusal changes,
- Q & A,
- Criteria for selecting a patient for the program,
- Organising a sleep study.
Steps to be completed:
- Progress through the online modules,
- Select a patient,
- Organise a sleep study*,
- Commence the clinical steps.
*The first live webinar will cover the methods of selecting a patient and organising and interpreting a sleep study. Support is available from the experienced mentors.
Week Four
Second Webinar
Wednesday, 5th June 2024, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm AEST
Topics Covered:
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- Presenting the results of the sleep study to the patients,
- Fitting the appliance,
- Titration protocol,
- Potential side effects,
- Q & A.
Week Five to Eight
Third Webinar
Wednesday, 3rd July 2024, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm AEST
Topics Covered:
- Post-fitting review of the patient.
- Post fitting assessment,
- MAS study,
- Involvement of a sleep physician,
- Combination treatments,
- Side effects,
- Occlusal changes,
- Q & A.
- Communication skills,
- Incorporating dental sleep into your practice,
- Marketing.
Steps to be completed:
- Complete the online modules,
- Complete the clinical steps with your patient.
After the 8-week program concludes, your access to the online training modules and mentoring support will continue, providing you with the necessary resources to successfully incorporate dental sleep medicine into your practice.
Key Areas Covered
Overview of sleep medicine
Screening for snoring, sleep apnoea and bruxism,
Organising and interpreting sleep studies, plus working with a sleep physician,
The range of appliances and choosing an optimal appliance for each patient,
All the clinical steps with demonstrations on real patients,
Achieving success, including troubleshooting & problem-solving,
The latest research in bruxism and the splint design specialists use,
Communication skills for educating and motivating patients towards treatment,
Acquiring patients including internal and external marketing.
The program provides all the steps in making oral appliance therapy a valuable part of your practice.
All presentations are ideal for revision and for training key staff members who have an important role to play in providing this service.
Presenters
Featuring many of the world leaders in Dental Sleep Medicine
Dr Harry Ball
Dentist
Past Co-chair dental sleep council
of the Australasian Sleep Association
A. Prof Ramesh Balasubramaniam OAM
Oral Medicine Specialist
Dr David Cunnington
Sleep Physician
Dr Edward Lee
Sleep Physician
Dr Sam Talpis
Dentist
Dr Ken Lee
Dentist
Dr Eduard Pudel
Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist
Dr Sanjivan Kandasamy
Specialist Orthodontist
Dr Andrew Gikas
Dentist
Dr Frank Cahill
Sleep Physician
Bonus Inclusions
An autoclavable George Gauge registration kit,
A demonstration 3D printed nylon mandibular advancement splint,
High-quality patient education materials,
Access to articles and landmark studies,
The range of appliances and choosing an optimal appliance for each patient,
Communication skills for educating and motivating patients towards treatment,
One-on-one mentoring for 12 months with our panel of experienced clinicians – Dr Harry Ball, Dr Ken Lee and Dr Sam Talpis.
