Level Two
Intro to clinical management of sleep-disordered breathing
Hands-on | Earn up to 16* CE credits | Dentists
* This number is an estimate. Your regulatory body will issue the credits.
Enter into the didactic and clinical training.
At level two, you’ll take your obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) learnings into the clinical environment of the cadaver lab and clinic. This level is the first half of the certification training to practice dental sleep medicine in Alberta.
Together we will take a deep dive into the nature of chronic inflammatory diseases to understand the connection between OSA and its comorbidities; then learn the basics of understanding home sleep test data that helps guide your clinical decision-making. You’ll be ready to take your knowledge of airway anatomy to new heights with lectures in a hands-on clinical environment.
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What you will learn
Case selection and treatment planning
Case selection is the basis for developing a simple, predictable and profitable sleep practice. This level will provide you with the exact criteria and selection process for clinical care. While examining case studies, we will take a patient education approach and create documentation for sleep referrals. Case selection will include reviewing and understanding the medical and sleep history for sleep hygiene, position and behaviours.
Sleep testing
Get hands-on with the sleep testing equipment, including performing sleepiness assessments, physiologic sleep bites and concomitant bruxism assessments. Sleep testing helps ensure the effectiveness of a repositioning device and an OSA examination. We will also touch on how sleep testing in the dental office intertwines with polysomnograms at the hospital and sleep cycle studies at home.
Anatomy review in the cadaver lab
Lectures and textbooks are only the beginning of sleep medicine. Gain unprecedented access to the University of Alberta's cadaver lab and training from expert anatomists like Dr. Dan Livy. You’ll work with specimens for hands-on anatomy review in the state-of-the-art facility.
Appliance selection and delivery
A critical step in sleep management is creating the appliance. This level will take you through scanning for appliances; while working with the representatives from the external appliance labs and scanning companies. While dentists can only provide non-surgical management, we will explore what happens when referrals go to positional therapy, surgery or continuous positive airway therapy.
Hands-on clinical training
Receive hands-on clinical training on how to take a bite registration for a mandibular repositioning device that will minimize side effects and patient complications.
Pricing and details
This course is 16 hours of class time and introduces participants to the first half of the certification training in dental sleep medicine. Most classes run on Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Course dates are selected when registering, and further details will be sent closer to the date.
Course fees include:
- Lunches and refreshments
- Additional course reference materials
- In-person lecture time
- Opportunity to learn from additional specialist instructors
- Example sleep testing case
- A repositioning device to take home
- Tools and equipment for in-class learning
- Networking with peers and instructors
- Access to the training clinic equipment
- Walk through and complete your first sleep referrals
- Maximum class size of 20 participants
- All materials are provided
Online materials are accessible for one year.
Prerequisites
- Levels must be completed in numerical order
- Doctor of dental surgery (DDS) or doctor of medicine in dentistry (DMD) degree
- Letter of good standing from your local regulatory authority or a copy of your current practice permit
- Out of province: Active practicing license from your Canadian dental regulatory authority
Three payment options
1. Bundle all three levels to get level one free
Purchase all three levels together to get the first level free. The discount will appear automatically in your cart after you select dates for all three levels.
2. Bundle levels one and two to save 50% off level one
Want the flexibility of the date of your last course, but still want to take advantage of a discount? Pick your level one and two dates on the same purchase to get 50% off of level one. The discount will appear automatically in your cart after you add both level one and level two.
3. Pay as you go
Purchase each level individually to get the option to pay in installments and have the most flexibility with dates.
Our leading faculty
Dr. Enoch Ng
OSA program director and general dentist
Dr. Ng, DDS, received his doctor of dental surgery degree at the University of Minnesota.
He is currently pursuing his certificate in pain management through the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta and is also a graduate student at the University of Alberta’s School of Dentistry with his thesis in dental sleep medicine.
Dr. James Mah
program director in orthodontics and OSA
Dr. Mah, DDS, MSc, DMSc, BSc, is a clinical professor and the program director in orthodontics and dean of dentistry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research is focused on 3-dimensional imaging and modelling for diagnosis, treatment planning and therapeutics as well as anthropology and forensics.
He has been involved in the research and development of 3-D facial imaging devices, intra-oral scanners, CAD/CAM applications in dentistry and cone-beam CT scanners.
He obtained his doctorate of dental surgery, master of science degrees and his certificate of specialization in orthodontics from the University of Alberta. Following he graduated from Harvard Medical School with a doctorate of medical science degree and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the department of orthopaedics at Children's Hospital, Boston.
Dr. Mah has authored numerous publications, textbooks, and book chapters and regularly presents nationally and internationally. In addition, his work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, The National Post, Tech TV and Men's Health. He also reviews for the Journal of Clinical Orthodontics, the American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics and other dental journals.
Dr. Michael Major
OSA program director and orthodontist
Dr. Major, DMD, MSc, FRCDC, is the director of the Interdisciplinary Airway Research Clinic, a 10-year collaboration between the Stollery Children’s Hospital and the University of Alberta School of Dentistry.
He also holds an academic appointment with the University of Alberta as an active researcher in pediatric sleep, and serves as co-president of Alberta Dental Sleep Medicine study club.
Clinically he practices at Verve Orthodontics and The Snore Centre, where he serves as clinical director of pediatrics in Canada’s first community based, multi-disciplinary, dental sleep medicine clinic.
Laree Fordyce
sleep technology educator
Fordyce, MS, CCRP, RPSGT, RST, CCSH, FAAST, is based in Okotoks, Alberta. She is currently a director, clinical sleep services at Maple Respiratory Group.
She brings experience from previous roles at College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, MRG Sleep Solutions, RHS Canada and Zephyr Sleep Technologies Inc./ZST Holdings Inc. Fordyce holds a master of science in psychology from the University of Phoenix. With a robust skill set that includes medical devices, sleep apnea, patient education, sleep disorders, medical education and more, Laree Fordyce contributes valuable insights to the industry.
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Discover level three
Now with the confidence from a foundation in clinical science and case selection, we will move into hands-on delivery of oral appliances and managing side effects. You will also have the opportunity to network with local sleep physicians to begin developing your multidisciplinary care teams.