The North American Dental Sleep Medicine Symposium Event Program | Page 16

Barry Glassman, D.M.D.
Pain Management Practitioner,
Allentown Pain Center
Friday at 11:45 am
the Grand Ballroom
Barry Glassman, DMD, maintains a private practice in Allentown, PA, which is lim-
ited to chronic pain management, head and facial pain, temporomandibular joint
dysfunction and dental sleep medicine. He is a Diplomate of the Board of the Amer-
ican Academy of Craniofacial Pain, a Fellow of the International College of Cranio-
mandibular Orthopedics, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Man-
agement. He is a member of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and the American Headache Society.
He is on staff at the Lehigh Valley Hospital where he serves as a resident instructor of Craniomandibular
Dysfunctions and Sleep Disorders. He is a Diplomate of the Board of the Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.
He is on staff at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Sleep Disorder Center. His most recent publication appeared in
Pain Management entitled, “Chronic Pain as a Trigeminally Mediated Disorder.”
Managing Occlusion and the Feared Occlusal
Changes With Oral Appliance Therapy
Occlusion is one of the most potentially confusing and controversial subjects in dentistry. As a result, the
occlusal changes that can be associated with oral appliance therapy become confusing and controversial,
leading to fear preventing treatment, or concern that compromises treatment. This honest, evidenced based
look at occlusion will help in the management of the occlusal changes with oral appliance therapy and put
occlusion in a new perspective in your general dental practice.
Learning Objectives | After this hour presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Explain the role of occlusion in function and parafunction
2. Communicate the potential and the consequences of occlusal changes to patients, dentists and physicians
3. Create appliance designs that decrease the likelihood of occlusal changes
4. Describe “occlusal dysesthesia” and prevent the development of the disorder
5. Provide an “occlusal maintenance program” without communicating a potentially dangerous message
about the importance of occlusion to patients
The Challenges of Dental Sleep
Medicine
Saturday at 11:30 am
Water’s Edge A&B
Implementing Dental Sleep Medicine in a general dental practice has proven to be quite a challenge, and
many who take introductory courses and attempt to treat their patients in the framework of their existing
dental practice fail. Anticipating the many challenges that face the dentist in this critically important field
will help in the successful implementation that can lead to improved health care for your patients, improved
revenue stream for your practice, and actually make a positive change in your general dental practice making
it more successful and enjoyable.
Learning Objectives | After this hour presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Describe the Model Change required for successful implementation of dental sleep medicine in a dental
practice
2. Communicate more successfully with physicians and patients
3. Judge appliance response to treatment more objectively
4. Examine the dentist’s role in treatment with less fear of failure
5. Analyze the objective and subjective patient diagnostic and treatment response data more completely
6. Identify what constitutes a genuine and healthy patient relationship with staff and doctor
7. Analyze the role of hidden conflict in the patient/doctor and doctor/practice relationships