Transforming Lives Through Health
Promoting a health-based approach to modern dentistry
Offering a variety of resources for providers who are interested in learning about metal-free options for patient care (coming soon)
Interdisciplinary Integration
Advocating for interdisciplinary collaboration with the medical community as well as chiropractors, physical therapists, orofacial myofunctional therapists and others are important goals of this group.
Early Intervention
Awareness of the benefits of providing care for our young children and babies allow the possibilities for our most vulnerable to become our most victorious. By offering care in a dimension of prevention, we can support a vector of growing out of their problems instead og frowing into them.
Dental Therapeutic Interventions
Oral Appliance Therapy - Mandibular Advancement Devices
These are dental devices which look very much like mouth guards. They are worn at night. They open the mouth by bringing the mandible forward. They are also called mandibular advancing devices (MAD) and mandibular repositioning devices (MRD), as they reposition the mandible forward relative to the maxilla (the upper jaw). There are several Sleep Apnea Oral Appliances that are FDA approved. Some are made of soft nylon plastic, others are made from a resin-like material. A few use computer aided design (CAD) and 3D imaging to fit the device to the mouth and teeth. They essentially work as an airway splint.
Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Snoring with Oral Appliance Therapy: An Update for 2015
Kannan Ramar, MBBS, MD1; Leslie C. Dort, DDS2; Sheri G. Katz, DDS3; Christopher J. Lettieri, MD4;
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Laser guided wellness
The power of laser assisted neuromodulation can have a profound influence on sleep quality as well as the tissue of the soft palate.
Through the combination of carefully applied laser wavelengths and dental appliances designed to improve the neurological signal strength, RestOralase strives to connect your brain and body through the mouth. The neural circuits of the mouth act as a "switch" that can be either on or off as a reflection of either functional or dysfunctional neurological connections.
The combined therapies of warm, gentle laser light and sophisticated dental appliances can guide the development of the neural circuits that support the airway, sleep and tongue as well as the bite and body.
ALF Therapy, Habit Correctors and Dental Expansion Options
Dental expansion has a direct influence on the size of the mouth and makes for more attractive and functional smiles, but also increases the volume of airflow in the nose (nasopharynx) and the throat (oropharynx).
Dental appliance therapies can have both short term and long term benefits for addressing both the cause and effect of sleep disordered breathing.
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
Offering our patients access to oral myofunctional therapy improves not only our treatment outcomes, but increases the possibility that our patients will truly find sustainable solutions to their sleep disordered breathing condition.
Obstructive sleep apnea: focus on myofunctional therapy
Cláudia Maria de Felício,1,2 Franciele Voltarelli da Silva Dias,1,2 and Luciana Vitaliano Voi Trawitzki1,2
The present review showed that OMT is effective for the treatment of adults in reducing the severity of OSA and snoring, and improving the quality of life. OMT is also successful for the treatment of children with residual apnea. In addition, OMT favors the adherence to continuous positive airway pressure.
Effects of Oropharyngeal Exercises on Snoring: A Randomized Trial.
Sleep Screening Biometrics
GemPro
High Resolution Pulse Oximetry
SleepImage
With the GEMPro Sleep Wellness Monitor you can now...
- Distinguish between Idiopathic Bruxism & Airway Triggered Parafunction
- Assess the likelihood of Sleep Apnea
- Distinguish between Snoring and Snoring with Oxygen Desaturations
- Receive objective data on the cause of parafunctional activity
- Implement a more effective restoration protection stra
With the GEMPro Sleep Wellness Monitor you can now...
- Distinguish between Idiopathic Bruxism & Airway Triggered Parafunction
- Assess the likelihood of Sleep Apnea
- Distinguish between Snoring and Snoring with Oxygen Desaturations
- Receive objective data on the cause of parafunctional activity
- Implement a more effective restoration protection strategy
- Ensure the dental appliance did not reduce the performance of the airway
GEMPro is not a medical diagnostic instrument.
SleepImage
High Resolution Pulse Oximetry
SleepImage
Cardiopulmonary Coupling (CPC) is an FDA-cleared* technology to accurately and objectively measure sleep quality.
SleepImage® opens a window into your patients' overall health and wellness by looking at how their sleep quality and sleep pathology change over time.
High Resolution Pulse Oximetry
High Resolution Pulse Oximetry
High Resolution Pulse Oximetry
Exceptional SpO2 Analysis
Many high resolution pulse oximeters capture data at one second intervals, but the SleepSat also has a SpO2 memory resolution of 0.1%. SatScreen capitalizes on the SleepSat's higher signal resolution to provide accurate, precise results relating to subtle and/or complex forms of sleep disordered breathing.
Results
Exceptional SpO2 Analysis
Many high resolution pulse oximeters capture data at one second intervals, but the SleepSat also has a SpO2 memory resolution of 0.1%. SatScreen capitalizes on the SleepSat's higher signal resolution to provide accurate, precise results relating to subtle and/or complex forms of sleep disordered breathing.
Results in Minutes
Use the Patient Safety Connection Center application to download oximeter data to the computer and send it to the internet for analysis. Within minutes, you will receive a detailed statistical report in PDF format.
Secure Web Access
Use Patient Safety’s HIPAA-compliant web portal to access archived SatScreen reports from any computer with internet access.
SleepSat Compatibility
SatScreen is compatible with the SleepSat, a wristwatch-sized high resolution oximeter featuring advanced high capacity / high resolution memory. In addition to a 0.1% signal resolution and 1 second sampling intervals, the SleepSat can store up to 3 nights worth of hours of data without recharging or download, and features a rechargeable battery (micro USB).