The Sleep Forum Podcast

The Sleep Forum Podcast


Podcast: Oral appliance as an alternative treatment for sleep apnea

August 02, 2022

“Prosomnus is North America’s largest manufacturer of oral appliances”, says Dr. Mark T. Murphy, Chief Dental Officer at Prosumnus.  In this podcast, Dr. Murphy explains to our listeners HOW an oral appliance can be an alternative treatment for sleep apnea.


Most physicians will prescribe CPAP therapy but that does not always work.  For various reasons, studies have found that many people diagnosed with sleep apnea do not use their CPAP machine.  An oral appliance could be the answer.


Listen to this podcast to hear more about ProSomnus, a pioneer in precision medical devices for the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).


IF YOU WANT TO MEET AND LEARN ABOUT ORAL APPLIANCES FOR OSA, CLICK HERE:


ProSomnus is hosting a first, one of a kind symposium focused on the shift toward emerging therapies for people diagnosed with OSA. Leading sleep medicine clinicians will discuss their clinical, practical, and scientific perspectives on precision oral appliance therapy as an option for patients diagnosed with OSA who refuse or fail CPAP, cannot access CPAP due to the recall, or simply prefer alternative treatment. The two-day event will offer 12 continuing education credit hours and take place at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco from August 18-20, 2022.


ProSomnus has organized over a dozen lectures and expert panels featuring leading clinicians and researchers from around the world, including:


  • Prof. Dr. Olivier M. Vanderveken, MD, PhD. – ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon, Antwerp University Hospital (Belgium)
  • Dr. John E. Remmers, MD – A Renowned Clinician and Investor in the field of Sleep Medicine
  • Dr. Phillip W. Neal II, DMD, ABGD – Co-author of the DoD/VA Clinical Practice Guideline on OSA, who as Chief Dental Surgeon, Operation Inherent Resolve was the first to provide Dental Sleep Medicine care to combat deployed US troops.
  • Dr. Kent Smith, DDS, D.ABDSM, D.ASBA – Dentist, Founder of 21st Century Sleep, and Past-President of the American Sleep Breathing Academy
  • Dr. Reza Radmand, DMD, FAAOM, D.ABDSM – Clinician, Lecturer + Researcher, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts
  • Prof. Dr. Marc Braem – University of Antwerp (Belgium) and Past-President of the European Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
  • Dr. Aditi Desai, DMD, FAAOM, D.ABDSM – President of the British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine (BSDSM) and British Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (BADSM)
  • Dr. Mitchell Levine, DMD, D.ABDSM – Dentist and Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Tennessee and Current President of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
  • Dr. Michael Gelb, DDS, MS – Dentist, Author of the book GASP and co-founder of Foundation for Airway Health and the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry
  • George Nierenberg, Award-Winning Director/Producer, Out of Breath

Key sponsors of this inaugural event include 21st Century Sleep Seminars, Awaken2Sleep, Brady Billing, The Clinical Foundation of Orthopedics & Orthodontics, CharkEducation, Dental Sleep Profits, Dental Sleep Solutions (DS3), General Sleep, Kettenbach Dental, Nierman Practice Management, Pristine Medical Billing, SleepTest.com, and ZOLL Itamar Medical.


Persons interested in attending can learn more and register here:


ProSomnus is the first manufacturer of precision, mass-customized oral appliance therapy devices to treat OSA, which affects over 74 million Americans and is associated with serious comorbidities, including heart failure, stroke, hypertension, morbid obesity and type 2 diabetes. ProSomnus’s patented devices are a more comfortable and less invasive alternative to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy, and lead to more effective and patient-preferred outcomes. With more than 150,000 patients treated, ProSomnus’s devices are the most prescribed oral appliance therapy in the U.S.


To learn more, visit www.ProSomnus.com