ASBA News

  There are multiple OSA screening tools available for dentists. A very effective method to use for predictable and accurate screening in the dental setting is Pulse Oximetry. It provides objective data that can be used to make an informed decision about the need...

You’ve just taken your first course in Dental Sleep Medicine, you cannot wait to go back to your office and provide this life-saving and life-changing service.  However, your team is completely avoiding eye contact with you, avoiding you, or flat out refusing to help?...

Dr. Dave Singh will present “Non-surgical Upper Airway Remodeling for OSA” at this year’s multi-disciplinary annual Sleep and Wellness Conference, April 21-22 in Phoenix, AZ, hosted by the American Sleep and Breathing Academy http://sleep-conference.com This past weekend I had the opportunity of addressing...

Alan Hickey Writes About David Gergen, CEO | ASBA and Their Personal Relationship David Gergen launched Gergens Orthodontic Lab in 1986. He is a serial entrepreneur, and investor in several other companies. I met David Gergen many years ago in Minneapolis. I had heard...

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep Tom Price, M.D. (R-Ga) was confirmed 2/10/17 as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services by a Senate vote of 52-47. American Association for Homecare president Tom Ryan released a statement immediately following the confirmation, saying that, “Dr. Price...

  Obstructive sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing, with repeated stops and starts during sleep. According to the National Health Sleep Awareness Project, at least 25 million adults in the US are afflicted with obstructive sleep apnea, a...

Invitation from Mark Brnovich | Speaker at ASBA Sleep and Wellness Conference 2017   My name is Mark Brnovich (pronounced “Burn-O-Vich”), and I am attorney general for the state of Arizona. I’ll be heading to the American Sleep and Breathing Academy’s (ASBA) “Sleep and...

The American Sleep and Breathing Academy (ASBA) is pleased to announce two new mini-residencies in dental sleep medicine. With Dr. Jay Gerber on faculty at the University of West Virginia and Dr. Kevin Mueller at Midwestern University in Phoenix, AZ, the ASBA is proud...

Nearly 17 years ago when I started my sleep journey as an outsider, excited to learn from and be mentored by the grandfather of dental sleep medicine – the late Dr. Ed Spiegel. I attended and eventually helped teach courses that spawned a whole...

The U.S. opioid epidemic continues and concurrently, a dramatic increase in prescribed opioid painkillers has increased. Over 2 million Americans struggle with abuse of an opioid pain reliever, and overdose deaths tripled since 1999 according to the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). Addiction...