Audio Recording

The Marriage Of Sleep Apnea And Your TMJ Patients
Brian Fuselier, DDS


This course explores the relationship between sleep apnea and TMJ, including: necessary polysomnogram analysis per TMJ; consequences of persistent mandibular protrusion; importance of adenosine and epinephrine in apnea and TMJ; criteria for proper selection of sleep apnea appliance with and without TMJ; drugs for sleep apnea patient with and without TMJ; tooth movement/mobility, or occlusal changes from sleep apnea appliance; home care instruction for sleep apnea patient with TMJ; and, consent forms for the sleep apnea patient with and without TMJ.

Learning objectives:
Participants will be able to:

• Learn evaluation of polysomnogram for TMJ patient.
• Learn important neurotransmitters of apnea and TMJ combined.
• Learn biomechanics of mandibular protrusion.
• Learn pharmacology of apnea and TMJ combined.
• Learn screening of apnea patient with TMJ.
• Learn patient management of TMJ caused by sleep apnea treatment.