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Prescribing COAT vs. CPAP
Talking Sleep with Dr. Jagdeep: Prescribing COAT vs. CPAP SomnoMed’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jagdeep Bijwadia, offers some thoughts about the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) guidelines in...
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Why physicians should not fit dental devices
As Chief Medical Officer at SomnoMed I occasionally come across physicians who would like to fit patients with “boil and bite” dental devices in their practices. At first glance it seems simple and...
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Sleep Apnea Patient Preference Matters
As a sleep physician the ability to prescribe CPAP to bring down the Apnea–Hypopnea Index (AHI) conquer obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is exhilarating. No matter how high the AHI number, if the patient...
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CPAP Intolerance: Admission of Failure
My story of CPAP intolerance starts out much-like many of my own patients’ stories. However, at 136 pounds I am not your typical obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patient. My Body Mass Index (SMI) is 26...
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SomnoDent with Compliance Recorder
When oral device therapy was introduced in the market, it provided a ground-breaking new solution for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. The one critical aspect lacking, however, was the fact...
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The Case for Compliance Monitoring in Oral Devices
Authored by Dr. Jagdeep Bijwadia, Chief Medical Officer, SomnoMed The Case for Compliance Monitoring In partnering with Braebon, SomnoMed now has the first FDA approved mandibular advancement device in...
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Time for Sleep Physicians to Wake Up
A recent study from the Cleveland Clinic highlights what sleep physicians to often turn a blind eye to. We do a terrible job for patients who refuse or cannot tolerate CPAP. Obstructive sleep apnea is...
View ArticleDental Sleep Medicine – AASM Updated Guidelines
As many have heard by now, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) updated their guidelines for oral devices in treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea1 (OSA). Many felt this was long overdue as the...
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The Skeptical Physician: Prescribing COAT
We know given the extensive evidence that Continuous Open Airway Therapy (COAT) is extremely effective in patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and certainly patients seem to...
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CPAP Adherence: The Tip of the Iceberg
In a recent study done at Cleveland Clinic, the CPAP adherence rate among 1,147 patients who presented to the center with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was 40%. The fact that CPAP adherence is poor is...
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Why physicians should not fit dental devices
As Chief Medical Officer at SomnoMed I occasionally come across physicians who would like to fit patients with “boil and bite” dental devices in their practices. At first glance it seems simple and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sleep Apnea Patient Preference Matters
As a sleep physician the ability to prescribe CPAP to bring down the Apnea–Hypopnea Index (AHI) conquer obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is exhilarating. No matter how high the AHI number, if the patient...
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CPAP Intolerance: Admission of Failure
My story of CPAP intolerance starts out much-like many of my own patients’ stories. However, at 136 pounds I am not your typical obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patient. My Body Mass Index (SMI) is 26...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SomnoDent with Compliance Recorder
When oral device therapy was introduced in the market, it provided a ground-breaking new solution for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. The one critical aspect lacking, however, was the fact...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Case for Compliance Monitoring in Oral Devices
Authored by Dr. Jagdeep Bijwadia, Chief Medical Officer, SomnoMed The Case for Compliance Monitoring In partnering with Braebon, SomnoMed now has the first FDA approved mandibular advancement device in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Time for Sleep Physicians to Wake Up
A recent study from the Cleveland Clinic highlights what sleep physicians to often turn a blind eye to. We do a terrible job for patients who refuse or cannot tolerate CPAP. Obstructive sleep apnea is...
View ArticleDental Sleep Medicine – AASM Updated Guidelines
As many have heard by now, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) updated their guidelines for oral devices in treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea1 (OSA). Many felt this was long overdue as the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Skeptical Physician: Prescribing COAT
We know given the extensive evidence that Continuous Open Airway Therapy (COAT) is extremely effective in patients with mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and certainly patients seem to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CPAP Adherence: The Tip of the Iceberg
In a recent study done at Cleveland Clinic, the CPAP adherence rate among 1,147 patients who presented to the center with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was 40%. The fact that CPAP adherence is poor is...
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Healthy Outcomes: Patient Treatment Pathway for Oral Device Therapy
A Case for the Patient Treatment Pathway for Oral Device Therapy With CPAP being the gold standard for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, there hasn’t been a strong focus in sleep medicine on the...
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