Choosing a Dentist

The dentist you choose to treat your problem with sleep disordered breathing must be properly educated and with adequate experience.

Legally, any dentist can treat snoring and/or sleep apnea with an oral appliance, however, that does not mean that every dentist has the necessary experience and training to provide proper therapy. As snoring and sleep apnea can be deleterious to your health it is imperative that you choose a dentist with the special and necessary qualifications.

Dentists cannot legally make the diagnosis of primary snoring, upper airway resistance syndrome or obstructive sleep apnea. This means that the dentist you choose must be able to work closely with your physician to determine an appropriate treatment regimen.

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About 877-77APNEA and its founder

877-77APNEA.com is a subdivision of Snoring Isn't Sexy, LLC. The site and call-in service were developed in December, 2009.

Snoring Isn't Sexy, LLC was founded in 2008 by Laurence I. Barsh, DMD, a dentist who has been involved with sleep medicine since 1992 and who now devotes full time to educating the public about dentistry's role and responsibility in the recognition and management of snoring and sleep apnea. Dr. Barsh and the dentists associated with Snoring Isn't Sexy, LLC feel strongly that management of sleep-breathing disorders is a shared responsibility of both the medical and dental professions.

Snoring Isn't Sexy, LLC consists of independently owned and operated affiliated offices.

Visit http://www.SnoringIsntSexy.com for a directory of all participating dentists.

Laurence Barsh, DMD is a retired dentist who, since his retirement in 1997, has been developing web sites commercially for the dental profession. He is Founder and President of Quietsleep® (Quietsleep.com) and Snoring Isn't Sexy, LLC (snoringisntsexy.com) and has written three books on marketing dentistry: Web Sites That Work, Make It Easy for Me and Wake Up Your Practice with Sleepy Patients.

Dr. Barsh has been involved with dental sleep medicine since the early 1990s. He has lectured to the students at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and at dental meetings in the United States and abroad on dentistry's role in the recognition and management of sleep breathing disorders and on oral appliance therapy. He has published numerous articles in both trade and scientific journals on dental sleep medicine.

Dr. Barsh is currently on the Editorial Board of the journal Sleep and Breathing. During his career, Dr. Barsh was Assistant Clinical Professor of Operative Dentistry and Assistant Clinical Professor of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He has published numerous scientific articles and lectured in the United States and abroad on various subjects in dentistry and authored a text entitled Dental Treatment Planning for the Adult Patient that was incorporated into the curriculum at several dental schools. He also hosted a radio call-in show in Boston.