September 2018 DSM Insider 28 | Page 5

GY YATROS, DMD HST: A WELCOME DISRUPTION This issue let’s discuss the 3 primary ways you can use Home Sleep Testing (HST) in your practice: 1) Utilize your own HST device 2) Identify an HST company & utilize their system for referral 3) Refer to a local MD who has HST There are pros and cons to each of these options. Whichever method you use, dentists should be screening patients, and we should be using home sleep tests as titration methods for patients that we treat with OSA. Watch the video below to learn more about Home Sleep Test methods! Gy Yatros DMD, DABDSM CO-FOUNDER OF DSS & DS3