Organizations of Interest in Sleep Medicine for the Dentist
These are organizations that have a strong interest in sleep medicine and particularly as it relates to dental practice. All of them have annual meetings that are involved with sleep medicine and the treatment of sleep disorders.
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM): A medical group that has a significant number of dentists as members.
Website: aasmnet.org
Address: 2510 North Frontage Road, Darien, Il 60561
Phone: 630-737-9700
American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM): The dental equivalent of the AASM and closely affiliated with them.
Website: www.aadsm.org
Address: 2510 North Frontage Road, Darien, Il 60561
Phone: 630-737-9761
The American Thoracic Society (ATS): An organization with a focus on pulmonary medicine that also has a large interest in sleep medicine.
Website: atsinfo@thoracic.org
Address: 25 Broadway – 18 th Floor, New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-315-8600
American College of Chest Physicians (AACP): A group made up of Pulmonologists that has an interest in sleep medicine as well.
Website: www.chestnet.org
Address: 3300 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062-2348
Phone: 847-498-1400
American Academy of Orofacial Pain (AAOP): An organization of primarily dentists with advanced training in orofacial pain and TMD with a strong interest and growing involvement in sleep medicine mainly because of the bidirectional relationship between chronic pain, headache and sleep disorders.
Website: www.aaop.org
Address: 174 South New York Avenue, PO Box 478, Oceanville, NJ 08231
Phone: 609-504-1311
Textbooks of Interest
These are textbooks that would be helpful and ones that any dentist who chooses to become more involved in sleep medicine may wish to read. There are many others that are more comprehensive and would be valuable as ones experience and training expands.
The Promise of Sleep
Author: William Dement, MD, PhD
Available from bookstores and online publishers
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Dental Management of Sleep Disorders
Authors: R. Attanasio and DR Bailey
Available from Wiley-Blackwell – www.wiley.com
Sleep Medicine for Dentists A Practical Overview
Authors: GJ Lavigne, PA Cistulli, MT Smith
Available from Quintessence Publishing – www.quintpub.com
Oral-Appliance Therapy in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome
A clinical study on therapeutic outcomes
Author: Aarnoud Hoekema
Available from the AADSM (see organizations)
Sleep Medicine Essentials
Author: Teofilo Lee-Chiong
Available from Wiley-Blackwell – 800-762-2974
Other Organizations – Websites of Interest
These are other areas that could be explored, most of whom are easily accessible on the internet.
National Sleep Foundation
Website: www.sleepfoundation.org
Located in Washington, DC
American Sleep Apnea Association
Website: www.sleepapnea.org
Located in Washington, DC
Talk About Sleep
Website: www.talkaboutsleep.com
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