Dentists

Currently, Dental Sleep is the fastest growing field in Dentistry. Dentists are uniquely positioned to be the lead professionals in identifying this deadly disease. Home Sleep Solutions take a collaborative approach towards our mission of bringing sleep disorder diagnosis to forefront of public awareness. We work together with the medical community, sleep diagnostic testing facilities, and the dental community.

The dentist’s role in sleep medicine has increased throughout recent years. Traditionally, patients who see their primary physicians do not complain that they have a sleep breathing disorder. They normally talk about the symptoms of sleep apnea- hypertension, day time sleepiness, snoring etc. Unfortunately, relying on the medical community ALONE in identifying potential patients with sleep disorders is not enough. Given a physician’s work load to seeing 20-30 average patients a day, there is a natural tendency for the physician not to probe beyond the symptoms given the fact that the time spent with a physician is around 15 minutes per visit. The dentist, on the other hand, by the very nature of their work, spends between 30-45 minutes with each patient. A dental professional educated in sleep disorders can look “beyond the teeth” and naturally probe the patient’s airway.

Home Sleep Solutions is working with the dental community to help them identify these patients. HSS follows the guidelines set forth by the American Association for Sleep Medicine by engaging the dental sleep community with the sleep medical community. HSS is the link that bridges these two communities.