Step Up to Introductory & Advanced Sleep Dentistry Continuum

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Friday, April 1, 2016
Saturday, April 2, 2016
Embassy Suites, Columbus, Ohio


Earn up to 15 hours of continuing education credit.


The Metz Center invites you and your staff to attend this unique learning opportunity featuring the Most Elite speakers for 2016!


James Metz, DDS
Gilles Lavigne, DMD, PhD
Avram R. Gold, MD
David P. White, MD

Dr. James E. Metz is a 1973 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. Dr. Metz maintains a general dental practice in Columbus, Ohio, with an emphasis on dental sleep medicine. He is the affiliate director of The Ohio State University Medical Center Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program. He has previously served on the AADSM board of directors, course development committee, public relations committee, and was the Chair for the Introductory Course of Dental Sleep Medicine in addition to being the Co-Chair for the Annual meeting 2014. He is the current Chair of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Interest Group on Dental Sleep Medicine and a member of the Executive Committee of the Sleep, Respiratory, & Neurobiology (SRN) Assembly of the ATS.
Dentists and their staff play a vital role in the team pproach to the screening and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea - a condition that affects as many as 100 million Americans and their families. But fewer than 10 percent of the nation’s dentists incorporate advanced sleep dentistry into their general practices. Thousands of dentists are missing an ideal opportunity to help their patients sleep better and live fuller, healthier lives, while adding an ideal revenue stream to their practices. If you have been thinking about getting into dental sleep medicine, this two-day course for
dentists and staff is the right choice. No hype. Nothing to sell you. Just an incredible learning experience presented by one of the nation’s leading sleep dentistry practitioners, Dr. James E. Metz, of The Metz Center for Advanced Sleep Dentistry.
Continuum Objectives:
  • What is sleep and Why we sleep

  • Sleep breathing disorders and critical
    issues in dental medicine

  • Oral appliance comparisons

  • Establish a sleep dentistry practice
    within your practice: Focused
    programs for General, Orthodontic, or
    Prosthodontic topics.

  • Introductory (includes staff) & Advanced
    topics at EACH course
  • Medical Predeterminations, insurance
    billing & coding

  • Medical correspondence letters

  • Effective marketing and patient screening

  • Staff roles & training

  • Create successful relationships with
    medical doctors

  • Friday evening reception and two meals
    per day included in your tuition

Focus: Bruxism, Chronic Pain, TMD and Sleep


Dr. Gilles Lavigne
of the Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine in Montreal, Québec, Canada. Dr. Lavigne combines the worlds of academia and sleep research, clinical practice and treatment of patients, and education of predoctoral students. Research interests include neurophysiology of sleep and pain, as well as specific disorders including sleep bruxism, sleep apnea, and periodic leg movements during sleep.

Focus: Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Functional Somatic Syndromes and Anxiety Disorders


Dr. Avram Gold
links sleep-disordered breathing to functional somatic syndromes and anxiety disorders via an out of the box paradigm. The iconoclast posits a connection via hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation, a theory that moves away from commonly held beliefs withinFocus: Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Functional Somatic Syndromes and Anxiety Disorders Dr. Avram Gold links sleep-disordered breathing to functional somatic syndromes and anxiety disorders via an out of the box paradigm. The iconoclast posits a connection via hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation, a theory that moves away from commonly held beliefs within the medical community.

Focus: A Phenotyping Model for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea;
“Future of Dental Sleep Medicine, a discussion”


Dr. David White
has firm roots in the academic world, he brings clinical expertise and business acumen to any discussion about the past, present, and future of sleep medicine. In 1996, Dr. White began the clinical side of the sleep disorders
program at Harvard-affiliated Brigham & Women’s Hospital (BWH).

Extend Your Learning Experience Daily!

Each day at the lunch hour participate in Round Table Discussions with members of The Metz Center Staff and our Speakers.


Do you have specific questions about insurance, billing, orthodontics, sleep dentistry or other topics? Our lunch Round Table Discussions can be the perfect time to allow for an in-depth answer to your specific question.


Simply look for the name & topic signage on the lunch tables and sit down to learn more about what interests or concerns you most!

Introductory Track, Friday, April 1

Breakfast & Registration

  • Sleep Dentistry: Dr. James Metz (Introductory & Advanced Tracks)
  • Sleep Disordered Breathing Functional Somatic Syndromes and Anxiety Disorders: Dr. Avram Gold

Generous Lunch Buffet, Dessert & Beverages
* Round Table Discussions during lunch with Metz Center Staff & Speakers

  • Treatment Coordinator Role: Chris Takacs, Sleep, TMD Treatment Coordinator
  • Important Topics In Sleep Literature: Dr. Mickey Harrison
  • Hygienists Role: Megan Bacome, Dental Hygienist
  • Reception Meet & Greet: Beverages & Heavy Appetizers

Introductory Track, Saturday, April 2

Breakfast

  • Sleep Dentistry: Dr. James Blank
    The Evaluation - What are we looking for? Pat McBride, BA, RDA, CCSH
  • Laboratory Roles: Todd Bacome, Laboratory Manager

Generous Lunch Buffet, Dessert & Beverages
* Round Table Discussions during lunch with Metz Center Staff & Speakers

  • Insurance & Forms: Pat McBride, BA, RDA, CCSH
  • Risk Management: Ken Burley (Introductory & Advanced Tracks)
  • Pulse Oximetry: Dr. James Metz (Introductory & Advanced Tracks)

First Look!
Patient Safety Software is critical to proper titration. They have new software that Dr. Metz helped design which NOW tracks the heart rate much more accurately.
Dr. Metz will show the new program and its nuances.


Please note:
All course materials will be provided in an electronic format only. Upon arrival, attendees will be provided with a thumb drive that will include the continuum materials. Please bring your computers or tablets to view the materials. Be sure to have your devices fully powered prior to your arrival at the course each day.


Questions? Contact Angie at metzdds@yahoo.com or call 614.252.4444.

Advanced Track, Friday, April 1


Breakfast & Registration

  • Sleep Dentistry: Dr. James Metz (Introductory & Advanced Tracks)
  • Sleep Disordered Breathing Functional Somatic Syndromes and Anxiety Disorders: Dr. Avram Gold

Generous Lunch Buffet, Dessert & Beverages
* Round Table Discussions during lunch with Metz Center Staff & Speakers

  • Bruxism, Chronic Pain, TMD, and Sleep: Dr. Gilles Lavigne
  • A Phenotyping Model for the Treatment of OSA: Dr. David White
  • The Future of Dental Sleep Medicine: Dr. James Metz
    Reception Meet & Greet: Beverages & Heavy Appetizers

Advanced Track, Saturday, April 2

Breakfast

  • Welcome Back: Dr. James Metz
  • The Compliance Chip for OAT Therapy: Dr. John Tucker
  • Important Topics In Sleep Literature: Dr. Mickey Harrison
  • Orthodontics & Dental Sleep Medicine: Dr. Gene Williamson

Generous Lunch Buffet, Dessert & Beverages
* Round Table Discussions during lunch with Metz Center Staff & Speakers.

  • Accelerated Tooth Movement: Dr. Tom Wilcko
  • Risk Management: Ken Burley (Introductory & Advanced Tracks)
  • Pulse Oximetry: Dr. James Metz (Introductory & Advanced Tracks)

EndoPAT™ testing


Free product demo in as little as 15 minutes! with Robin Koster from Itamar Medical.


EndoPAT™ measures Endothelial Function and is an innovative, safe and non-invasive diagnostic device for Functional Vascular Health Assessment for both large and small arteries.

WatchPat Exclusion Criteria

EndoPat Test Medications & Conditions


The Metz Center has recently purchased this device and our staff has been trained to use the EndoPAT™ - the only dental practice in Columbus, Ohio to offer the EndoScore™ test! Dr. Metz and Dr. Tucker are the only two dentists in the U.S. to own and use
the EndoPAT™.
Check it out!

Faculty Speakers:

Dr. James Blank has been a dentist in private practice since 2005, focusing on comprehensive dentistry. His formal education includes Ohio State University College of Dentistry and a hospital residency at Medical University of Ohio. Dr. Blank has undergone special training in the area of TMD and Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr. Jim Blank works closely with Dr. Metz in Columbus, Ohio, as lecturer at The Metz Center’s continuum and as an associate in the treatment of dental reconstructions, dental sleep medicine, and TMD.

Dr. Mickey Harrison practices general and sleep dentistry in Central Ohio. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. Dr. Harrison has received extensive training in dental sleep medicine through continuing education. He is especially interested in current sleep medicine topics within the literature, and has lectured on this subject for several years. He works extensively to survey and compile literature and research concerning Sleep Medicine, and disseminate this information for the betterment of dental sleep medicinepractitioners.

Pat McBride, BA, RDA, CCSH is a Sleep Clinician/Education Specialist for Physicians and Dentists in the Field of Dental Sleep Medicine in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ms. McBride works as both full time sleep clinician and educator is dedicated to developing opportunities within the dental sleep medicine field globally by developing multi-disciplinary protocols for clinicians to seamlessly interface with the medical/dental community, educational institutions, and research facilities. Her Dental Sleep Medicine Consulting and Practice Management model designs clinical programs of multi-dimensional HIPAA compliant care.

Dr. Brian Vence maintains a private practice in West Dundee, Illinois with a special interest in comprehensive esthetic and restorative dentistry. He received his dental degree in 1985 from the University of Illinois School of Dentistry at the Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Vence founded the Chicago Academy of Interdisciplinary Dentofacial Therapy in 1992, a study club designed to define and promote excellence in dentistry.


Dr. Gene Williamson
Dr. Ken Burley
Dr. John Tucker
Dr. Thomas Wilko

Accommodations
Stay at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Columbus Airport hotel, a highly rated all-suite hotel located one mile from Port Columbus International Airport. Relax in your spacious two-room suite with a separate living area.

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Transportation

Embassy Suites offers courtesy shuttles to and from the airport, as well as transportation to local Columbus attractions, shopping and restaurants within 15 miles from the hotel’s location.

A delicious Continental Breakfast & a generous Lunch Buffet will be provided for attendees each day. Friday evening enjoy a Meet & Greet Reception that includes beverages & heavy appetizers!

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The Metz Center for
Sleep Dentistry presents:

Step Up to Introductory and Advanced Sleep Dentistry Continuum

April 1st & 2nd 2016

Embassy Suites - Airport
Columbus, Ohio

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