The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Friday, November 6, 2026
The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) announced that 2,500 dentists across the country have achieved AADSM Qualified Dentist status, strengthening patient access to oral appliance therapy (OAT) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OAT offers a comfortable, clinically-proven treatment option for snoring and OSA. The therapy uses a custom-fit oral […]
Evaluating the efficacy of a virtual care model using mandibular advancement devices for mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea By Steven Alvarado, Peter Balacky, DDS, Edward Kim, Daniel Moradzadeh, Julieanna Gonzalez, and Martin L. Hopp, MD, PhD A prevalent sleep disorder affecting an estimated 54 million people in the […]
Over the past 15 years, I have watched sleep medicine evolve through a number of transformative cycles—from lab-dominant diagnostics to home sleep testing (HST), from regional practices to national telemedicine platforms, and from siloed care to increasingly integrated delivery models. Each wave of change has rewardFed organizations that are willing […]
The rise in GLP-1 medications for weight loss is undeniable. The amount of money Americans spent on GLP-1 medications skyrocketed more than 500% from 2018 to 2023, according to a 2025 study published in JAMA.1 A recent national health tracking poll of 1,350 U.S. adults reported that one in eight […]
Airway Management proudly announces a historic milestone with the FDA clearance of Nylon flexTAP®, the world’s first digitally printed single-point midline oral appliance device for sleep apnea. This revolutionary device redefines patient care by combining cutting-edge patented Vertex Technology® with unparalleled comfort and efficacy, now FDA cleared for mild to moderate obstructive […]
Neuroscientists have found the average person processes roughly 74 gigabytes of information every day.1 That is the equivalent of watching 16 movies, reading more than 200,000 words, or scrolling on TikTok for approximately 200 hours. In other words, we are inundated with information from every angle — social media, websites, […]
Panthera Dental is proud to announce that their abstracts were accepted for poster presentation at the AADSM and for poster and oral presentation at the SLEEP Annual Meetings. The oral presentation is part of a session entitled “Contemporary Management of Sleep Apnea” (O-13). Information regarding the 2025 IIR Grant will […]
P4 medicine is an evolving approach to personalized medicine that involves four key elements of care: 1) predicting who will develop disease and comorbidities, 2) preventing rather than reacting to disease, 3) personalizing diagnosis and treatment, 4) having patients participate in their own care.1 This approach is gaining traction in […]
Sleep Lab Magazine SLEEP 2023 Conference Edition Cover Article Women and Sleep Kin Yuen, MD Feature Articles Sensor Integration: A Paradigm Shift for Oral Appliances Nathan Costiuc, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC Can’t Stop Dreaming: Taylor’s Narcolepsy Story Taylor Dillon Issue Extras SLEEP 2023 Select Exhibitors The Sleep Technologists Behind the V-Com […]
ProSomnus, Inc. announced the presentation of four abstracts at the 2023 American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) Annual Meeting, held May 19-21 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and two abstracts at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2023 International Conference, held May 19-24 in Washington, D.C. The data presented at both meetings […]
