TMJ, Sleep Apnea & Night Guards That Don't Close the Airway | Dr. Michael Gelb

Is your night guard making your patient's sleep apnea worse? TMJ and sleep pioneer Dr. Michael Gelb explains why so many night guards and orthodontic cases close the airway, why airway treatment should start before age five, and how to make a night guard that opens the airway instead.

In this episode:

- Why half the patients in your hygiene chair may be tired from poor sleep

- How traditional night guards can close the airway, and the alternative

- Why crowded teeth are the symptom, not the cause

- Early intervention: why age seven may be too late for airway treatment

- Orthodontics, the TMJ and treating orthopedically instead of dentally

- How to find ENTs and providers who understand airway

Dr. Michael Gelb is a TMJ and sleep specialist in New York City, son of TMJ pioneer Dr. Harold Gelb, co-founder of the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry (AAPMD) and co-author of GASP: Airway Health

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