AADSM Study Club Program

2013 Study Club Program - Oral Appliance Therapy A to Zzzzz

The Study Club Program is designed for dentists new to dental sleep medicine. Participants now have the opportunity to register and participate in all six sessions in the spring or fall. These one-hour teleconference meetings will be limited to fifteen participants for the spring program and fifteen participants for the fall program. Sessions will be accompanied by selected literature, which will be provided to participants for review prior to the first session and discussed on the conference call. Lectures will be followed by discussions led by the facilitator who is either a board-certified Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM) or educator in dental sleep medicine. The facilitator will also provide participants with the opportunity to discuss clinical issues and share experiences with colleagues.

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Schedule

The following topics will be presented by the corresponding facilitators in the fall. The exact dates and times are listed below.

Topic		Facilitator
New Patient Evaluation and Clinical Steps to Oral Appliance Therapy		Leila Chahine, DMD
George Gauge Measurement and Selection of Oral Appliances		James Hogg, DDS
Calibration of the Appliance		Sheri Katz, DDS
Side-effects and Follow-up Care		Kathleen Bennett, DDS
Verification of Appliance Effectiveness and Other Treatment Modalities		Gregory Essick, DDS
Insurance Coding and Billing		Jan Palmer

Fall 2013

Date		Time
Tuesday, September 10		9:30PM - 10:30PM Eastern
Tuesday, September 24		9:30PM - 10:30PM Eastern
Tuesday, October 8		9:30PM - 10:30PM Eastern
Tuesday, October 22		9:30PM - 10:30PM Eastern
Tuesday, November 5		9:30PM - 10:30PM Eastern
Tuesday, November 19		9:30PM - 10:30PM Eastern

Bios

Leila Chahine, DMD, Diplomate, ABDSM
Dr. Chahine graduated from the University of Connecticut School Of Dentistry in 1996. She is a Diplomate with the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. Currently Dr. Chahine is in private practice in Danbury, CT where she devotes a significant part of her practice to the Dental Sleep Medicine. As a member of the Danbury Hospital, she enjoys working closely with the Pulmonary Department on sleep apnea and dental sleep medicine, both lecturing and consulting with the staff. Dr. Chahine practices comprehensive general dentistry where she integrates her broad knowledge of dentistry with sleep medicine.
 
James Hogg, DDS, Diplomate, ABDSM
Dr. Hogg graduated from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry in 1984. He practiced general dentistry from 1984-2009 and has practiced dental sleep medicine exclusively for the Midwest Dental Sleep Center in Oak Brook, IL since 2009. He has lectured on dental sleep medicine at the AADSM Annual Meeting, as well as other speaking engagements.
 
Sheri Katz, DDS, Diplomate, ABDSM
Dr. Katz received her DDS from Emory University and practices within a family practice in Decatur, Georgia. Her primary interest and focus of practice is dental sleep medicine. She has served on the AASM Standards of Practice Task Force for OSA Surgery and is the Immediate Past President of the AADSM.
 
Kathleen Bennett, DDS, Diplomate, ABDSM
Dr. Bennett is a graduate of Georgetown University and SUNY Buffalo Dental School, and she been in private practice restorative dentistry since 1983. She was the Program Committee Chair for the AADSM 16th Annual Meeting in 2007 and currently serves on the AADSM Board of Directors. She was a faculty member at the SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine’s sleep medicine fellowship program and trained medical sleep fellows in clinical rotations in her office from 2004-2006. Currently she is practicing dental sleep medicine exclusively in a Cincinnati Ohio University based practice and is affiliated with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital where she treats Spina Bifida & Adult Down Syndrome patients with OSA.  She is the President-Elect of the AADSM. 
 
Gregory Essick, DDS, PhD
Dr. Essick is a professor in the UNC School of Dentistry Department of Prosthodontics and oversees the curriculum in neurobiology at UNC. He completed his D.D.S and his Ph.D. training in physiology at the University and post-doctoral work at the Salk Institute, La Jolla, Calif. Currently, Dr. Essick lectures at undergraduate and graduate levels on orofacial sensation and function at the School of Dentistry. He lectures in both basic science and preclinical fixed prosthodontics courses to integrate the physiology of jaw movements to the dental occlusion and use of the articulator. He is a laboratory instructor in the preclinical removable prosthodontic courses. Most recently, he has expanded his lecturing to include dental sleep medicine, the use of oral appliances to treat obstructive sleep apnea, snoring and related disorders.  Dr. Essick is the Chair of the AADSM Research Committee. 
 
Jan Palmer
Ms. Palmer has been involved in the field of dentistry since 1982. In 1999 she began to learn about the medical insurance industry and how to maximize insurance benefits for dental sleep medicine. She has since formed her own consulting business for training dental offices on how to properly understand the medical insurance world for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with oral appliance therapy to maximize the patient’s benefits.

Learning Objectives

1. To review the important components of the evaluation of a patient who may be a candidate for an oral appliance to manage OSA;
2. To determine which oral appliances are most appropriate for individual patients, based on the findings of the patient evaluation;
3. To evaluate the clinical steps required to provide patients with a well-fitted oral appliance;
4. To become proficient in the calibration of oral appliances;
5. To review the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Practice Parameter guidelines for follow-up care and to know who is responsible for follow-up care; and
6. To discuss how appliance efficacy is determined and when to make this assessment.

Teaching Methods

Lecture followed by a discussion of salient points assigned by the facilitator during which questions are answered by participants. The facilitator will present literature to be discussed in context with the session topic.

Confirmation

Confirmation will be sent via e-mail within two weeks of receipt of registration form and payment. All participants must register prior to the course in order to participate.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Written notification must be submitted to the AADSM at bbasit@aadsm.org for registration cancellation. A $50 administrative fee will be withheld on all cancellations before August 19, 2013. After this date, no refunds will be available. The AADSM reserves the right to cancel the study club program and provide a full refund should conditions warrant. The refund will include the cost of registration for the study club program.

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The AADSM designates this activity for up to 6.00 continuing education credits.

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