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Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22, in Columbus, Ohio
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Introductory Sleep Dentistry Track features these courses for both doctors and staff:
- Welcome & Sleep Dentistry: Dr. James Metz
- Somatic Syndromes and Sleep Disordered Breathing:
Featured Speaker - Dr. Avram Gold
- Using Vitamin D & the B Vitamins to Improve Your Health: Featured Speaker - Dr. Stasha Gominak
- Pharmacology and Its Impact on the Airway:
Featured Speaker, Dr. Thomas Viola
- Sleep Dentistry: Dr. James Blank
- Understanding the Medical Management of the SDB patient & The Cannabis Revolution - Weed 101 and Our Patients: Pat McBride, BA,RDA, CCSH
- Friday Evening Reception: Beverages & Heavy Appetizers
- The Role of the Sleep Coordinator: Chris Takacs, Sleep, TMD Treatment Coordinator
- Avoiding Problems with the Oral Appliance: Todd Bacome, Laboratory Manager
- The Role of Hygiene in a Sleep Office: Megan Bacome, Hygienist
- Sleep Apnea and Dysfunctional Breathing, The link often Missed by the Sleep Study Industry: Featured Speaker - Roger Price
- Protecting You and Your Practice from Litigation:
Dr. Ken Berley
- Breathing Room: Dr. Brian Vence
- Wilckodontics® (Periodontically Accelerated Osteogenic Orthodontics), Using the Technique to Improve the Airway: Dr. Thomas Wilcko
- Important Topics In Sleep Literature: Dr. Mickey Harrison
- Panel Close: Dr. James Metz & All Saturday Speakers
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Advanced Sleep Dentistry Track will feature the following courses:
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Welcome & Sleep Dentistry: Dr. James Metz
- Somatic Syndromes and Sleep Disordered Breathing: Featured Speaker, Dr. Avram Gold
- Using Vitamin D & the B Vitamins to Improve Your Health: Featured Speaker, Dr. Stasha Gominak
- Sleep Apnea and Dysfunctional Breathing, The link often Missed by the Sleep Study Industry:
Featured Speaker, Roger Price
- Pharmacology and Its Impact on the Airway:
Featured Speaker, Dr. Thomas Viola
- Panel Discussion: Dr. James Metz and Featured Speakers
- Friday Evening Reception: Beverages & Heavy Appetizers
- Taming The Beast: Dr. James Metz
- Using Vitamin D & the B Vitamins to Improve Your Health (continued): Featured Speaker, Dr. Stasha Gominak
- Airway Changes in Young Patients with & without Treatment: Dr. Gene Williamson
- Orthodontics & Oral Cavity Volume in the Young & Adolescent: Dr. Nelson Diers and Dr. Gene Williamson
- Protecting You and Your Practice from Litigation:
Dr. Ken Berley
- Assessment of the Medical Patient Profile & The Cannabis Revolution - Weed 101 and Our Patients:
Pat McBride, BA,RDA, CCSH
- Wilckodontics® (Periodontically Accelerated Osteogenic Orthodontics), Using the Technique to Improve the Airway: Dr. Thomas Wilcko
- Important Topics In Sleep Literature: Dr. Mickey Harrison
- Panel Close: Dr. James Metz and All Saturday Speakers
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On behalf of Dr. James E. Metz and The Metz Sleep Center, I regularly review literature for pertinent information pertaining to sleep-disordered breathing. As relevant information is found, we like to share it with you!
Sincerely, Dr. Mickey Harrison
David Gozal, Ramon Farre, F. Javier Nieto
Sleep Medicine Reviews 27 (2016) 43e55
The increased prevalence of sleep disorders across the globe has been paralleled by a multitude of studies unraveling potential associations between sleep and diseases affecting nearly every organ system. In this review, the epidemiological evidence linking disrupted sleep and intermittent hypoxia to increased risk for developing cancer or, alternatively, promoting adverse cancer outcomes models will be critically appraised. The overarching conclusion...
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We are pleased to welcome Dr. Avram R. Gold as one of our featured guest speakers at the October 21 & 22, 2016 Step Up to Introductory and Advanced Sleep Dentistry Continuum in Columbus, Ohio.
View the brochure
Focus:
"Somatic Syndromes and Sleep Disordered Breathing"
Dr. Avram Gold is a pulmonologist and researcher. He investigates disturbances in breathing during sleep, and its relationship with insomnia, post-traumatic stress disorder, and the functional somatic syndromes (such as irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, temporomandibular disorder, etc).
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Oral appliances (OA) are commonly utilized as an alternative treatment to continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. However, OA have variable success at reducing the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and predicting responders is challenging. Understanding this variability may lie with...
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NOW is the time to cultivate your competency, expand your knowledge, network with physicians and grow YOUR practice!
"I have crafted an extended educational course with the end goal of
true Competence
in Sleep Dentistry! My signature course will take you to the level that I personally consider outstanding."
James E. Metz, DDS
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Do you have specific questions for Dr. Metz?
Join our Google Discussion Group! You may find the Answer in our existing discussions or choose to begin a conversation about a new Topic.
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The future dates for the Step Up to Advanced Sleep Dentistry Continuum thru 2017 have been confirmed.
April 7 & 8, 2017
October 20 & 21, 2017
Dentists and their staff play a vital role in the team approach to the screening and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea - a condition that affects as many as 100 million Americans and their families.
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Metz Center for Sleep Dentistry
1271 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43205
phone 614.252.4444 | fax: 614.252.6474
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