The Importance of Getting Your 8 Hours of Sleep “I’ll sleep when I’m dead,” is a line from the song of the same name by Bon Jovi. It’s rather indicative of how modern life has affected the daily pace in today’s society. Women, in particular, have...
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PART 2: REDUCING SCREEN TIME BEFORE BED
How Reducing Screen Time Before Bed Improves Sleep Early man evolved to see within the visible light spectrum approximately 30 million years ago. This makes our eyes especially sensitive to the effects of periods of light and dark and how our body’s...
PART 3: TIME TO RETHINK THAT NIGHTCAP!
Why You Should Rethink Drinking Alcohol Before Bed Using alcohol as a sleep aid is not the best idea, yet approximately 20% of Americans use alcohol to help them fall asleep. Although alcohol may appear to help you get to sleep, it is actually...
PART 4: EATING TOO CLOSE TO BEDTIME
The Effects of Eating Before Sleep Eating too close to bedtime can have a direct effect on your quality and quantity of sleep. In particular, eating right before sleep can throw off the body’s internal clock, called the circadian clock, which...
PART 5: CHRONIC STRESS AND WAYS TO COPE
On any given day, we are faced with getting somewhere on time, relying on someone else to get something done for us, or losing our patience in line at the grocery store while our three-year-old is screaming in the background. This manufactured...
Are Your Sleep Habits Making You Sick? Part 6: Not Maintaining a Consistent Sleep Schedule
The Impact of an Inconsistent Sleep Schedule on Your Rest The circadian rhythm is a natural, internal clock that all living things possess. This cycle regulates our sleeping and waking patterns. One of the biggest contributions to our circadian...
USE OF A SIBILANT PHONEME REGISTRATION PROTOCOL TO PREVENT UPPER AIRWAY COLLAPSE IN PATIENTS WITH TMD
Gurdev Dave Singh & Steven Olmos © Springer-Verlag 2007 Patients with temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) require correction of mandibular position, but the ideal position for the mandible remains controversial. Miralles et al. found the amount...
ORAL HEALTH – FUTURE OF DENTISTRY (PART 3)
Oral Health | 2011 by Steven Olmos, DDS, DABCP, DABCDSM, DABDSM, DAAPM, FAAOP, FAACP, FICCMO, FADI, FIAO We need to evaluate our system of treatment. A patient presents with worn dentition or complaints of muscle soreness. The dentist produces a...
DENTISTRY’S NEW DIRECTION – “THE STARTING POINT”
Oral Health | March 2014 by Steven Olmos, DDS, DABCP, DABCDSM, DABDSM, DAAPM, FAAOP, FAACP, FICCMO, FADI, FIAO I am so excited to be a dentist in the year 2014. I started out way back in 1977 as a freshman at the University of Southern California...
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AND SNORING WITH ORAL APPLIANCE THERAPY: AN UPDATE FOR 2015
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine | 2015 Introduction Since the previous parameter and review paper publication on oral appliances (OAs) in 2006, the relevant scientific literature has grown considerably, particularly in relation to clinical...