In this week’s episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello picks up where she left off in the first episode describing her current position while also highlighting just how prevalent airway and sleep breathing disorders are and the importance of recognizing and treating them as early as possible.
Episode Highlights:
- Reasons why Dental Hygienists should be involved with airway or sleep breathing disorders
- Some startling sleep disorder statistics
- Sleep disorder study examples
Quotes:
“We’re the First Responders – the Hygienists are the first people to look in a person’s mouth and see and recognize symptoms that put you at high risk for airway disorders.”
“Sometimes they open up and tell us things, sometimes a little more than we really want to know.”
“Now it seems like half the patients that come in my practice have AFib.”
“Almost half of people that are driving have admitted to dozing or falling asleep at the wheel.”
“Insufficient sleep is a public health epidemic.”
Links:
More Get a Gasp Podcast – https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/getagasp/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:
http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2014 “20 Year Follow-up” article: http://jcsm.aasm.org/viewabstract.aspx?pid=29425
