DENTAL SLEEP MEDICINE: (Short course) Session 5
Tracks
Track 6
| Friday, October 10, 2025 |
| 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Riverbank 5 |
Details
From Research to Practice: The Latest in Dental Sleep Medicine.
The Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) Dental Sleep Medicine Council is excited to announce the highly acclaimed Dr John Viviano will be joining us in Adelaide. As our keynote international speaker, he will share his wealth of experience and insights into the latest research around the use of oral appliances (mandibular advancement splints) in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea and sleep-disordered breathing.
Target audience: Dentists or other oral health professionals of all experience levels (beginner through to advanced), who have completed the Beginner DSM course, or Moderate-Advanced DSM clinicians who wish to expand or refresh their knowledge in more broad sleep medicine concepts and complex DSM cases
Aims for course:
• Provide updated dental sleep medicine content for dentists and oral health practitioners with a variety of more experienced knowledge levels and backgrounds from moderate to more advanced clinicians
• Educate on the latest research findings around obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and treatment
• Educate on the latest research and practical guidance around the measurement and analysis of OSA/SDB
• Educate on what the research shows for guiding dentists to apply clinical decision-making for different aspects of oral appliance therapy including design choice and bite registration
• Provide an update on the latest research findings around sleep physiology and chronobiology and how this may affect current practices or thinking
• Educate on OSA/SDB treatment particularly focused around oral appliance therapy
• Educate on the latest updates regarding bruxism, temporomandibular dysfunction and orofacial pain and how they relate to sleep disorders
• Educate on how to prevent and manage side effects related to oral appliance therapy
• Provide a panel discussion for registrants to learn effective processes and tips to run a successful practice involved with dental sleep medicine with collaboration with medical professionals and referrers
• Provide an updated knowledge base and refresher for FDSM candidates
Sponsored by 3D Sleep and SomnoMed
Speaker
Dr Ken Lee
Director
Sleepwise Clinic
Chair
8:30 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Dr Linda Schachter
Sleep Physician
Vital Sleep Co
Beyond the AHI - other important sleep study metrics
8:30 AM - 9:00 AMBiography
Dr Linda Schachter is a Sleep and Respiratory Physician with over 25 years experience in the diagnosis and management of all sleep disorders including sleep apnoea, disorders of excessive sleepiness, movement disorders and insomnia.
She is involved in Medical and community education and is a member of the Australasian Sleep Association, and represents the ASA on several committees. She is also a board member of the Sleep Health foundation, and deputy chair of the AMA VIC women in medicine committee.
Dr John Viviano
President
Sleep Disorders Dentistry Research and Learning Center
An update on the power of choice
9:00 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Dr Viviano obtained his credentials from the University of Toronto in 1983. His clinic is limited to managing sleep-disordered breathing and bruxism.
He is a Credentialed Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, has lectured internationally, conducted original research, authored original articles on the management of sleep-disordered breathing and is an invited lecturer for Loma Linda University and University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry.
His clinic was the first Canadian facility accredited by the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and he is Clinical Director of the Sleep Disorders Dentistry Research and Learning Centre.
Prof Brendon Yee
Professor
The Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Current trends in weight loss and pharmacotherapy for OSA management
10:00 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Professor Brendon Yee is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician who graduated from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and completed his PhD at the University of Sydney. He is a Senior Staff Specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney. He specializes in sleep disorders and respiratory failure, and has published over 150 scientific manuscripts. He also serves as the Medical Director of Respiratory Failure Services at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital .
