Management of the airway

Management of the airway for sufferers of SDB is the newest field in dentistry and is growing at a very rapid rate. An understanding of sleep medicine and physiology as well as the techniques for clinically managing the patients is necessary and complex. Dentists interested in managing these patients properly should consider membership in the SDDS and should pursue continuing education through their auspices. This field offers dentists opportunities to participate in a tremendously rewarding area of medicine, but requires due diligence to participate responsibly in that field.