How Top-Performing Dental Practices Screen Sleep Patients
With Chad Wooters, MBA
A trained dental team should be screening 70% of their patients – or more – for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
For every 10 patients you see you should have 7 conversations about airway and sleep apnea. When practices use a combination of:
- Medical history
- Subjective feedback
- Screening forms
- Intra-oral signs
- Internal marketing
- Verbiage skills
Over 33% of patients will need a sleep test.
How do you screen your patients?
What verbiage helps get people to test?
When do you refer out for a PSG?
Navigating these questions and having clear workflows will help your team create tremendous awareness in your practice.
By the end of this session, you will:
- Define the scope of screening for dental professionals and SRBDs
- Discuss key verbiage for screening SRBDs and OSA
- Identify signs of OSA for dental patients
- Explore patient communication tactics for better outcomes
Meet the Speaker!
Chad Wooters, MBA
Chad Wooters, MBA, Director of Operations at Awaken2Sleep, has worked in dental sleep medicine since 2018. Architect of the Sleep Hero Network, he guides dental practices to success in this niche. Battling Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) himself, Chad is driven to amplify its awareness and aims to equip professionals with tools for holistic success.
