Location: Westin Georgtown
Address: 2350 M St. NW, Washington, District of Columbia
Directions
Contact: Andrea Van Hook
Email: info@dcdental.org
Phone: (202) 367-1163
Registration closes the Monday before the event at 5pm.
Topic: Sleep Disordered Breathing in the Dental Office
Speaker: Dr. Paul McLornan
Sleep Disordered Breathing in the Dental Office
Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) has been identified by the NIH as one of the most prevalent and most under-diagnosed medical conditions. Left untreated, the condition has significant associations with morbidity and mortality.
Dr McLornan will discuss why he believes that “as dentists we can ignore SDB in our patients but it will not ignore our patient’s overall health, their dentition or our dentistry.” Therefore, he will explain why he thinks it is important that we, as dentists, screen our patients for SDB. He suggests a simple protocol that can be used for this screening.
Dr. McLornan will also discuss the FDA-approved oral appliances used to treat the condition and discuss how to introduce the treatment of SDB into your dental practice.
To successfully treat an SDB sufferer using an oral appliance is probably the most profound effect a dentist can have on the quality and quantity of that patient's life.
Please print out a copy of this handout prior to the meeting and bring it with you when you attend
Learning Objectives
Dentists who participate in the program will:
- Learn what Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) is and how prevalent the condition is
- Learn how it is currently diagnosed and treated by our medical colleagues and how dentists can identify and treat SDB
- Be introduced to FDA approved oral appliances used to treat the condition
- Be introduced to a suggested screening protocol for SDB
- Learn how to introduce the treatment of SDB into their dental practices
- Be informed about the current research into the dental treatment of SDB and why this is fast becoming one of the hottest topics in dentistry.
Biography
Dr. Paul McLornan is a board certified Prosthodontist in private practice in San Antonio, Texas. He is also an assistant professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA) Dental School. He is a member of the graduate faculty of the UTHSCSA Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, where he serves as a research adviser to a number of OSA related studies.
Dr. McLornan obtained his dental degree from Queens University, Belfast and his specialty certificate in Prosthodontics from UTHSCSA.
The treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) using oral appliances was the subject of his master's of science research project during his residency and has been a special interest of his since.
Dr McLornan has lectured extensively at local, national, and international dental meetings and study clubs. He is a member of the teaching faculty at the Pankey Institute and at the Dental Institute of Sleep Medicine and is a member of the ADA’s Committee on Sleep Related Breathing Disorders. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics and a Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists. He is also a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American Equilibration Society.