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Sleep Medicine and Dental Medicine: Collaborative Interdisciplinary Care.

The Medical clinics of North America · Thomas DC, Paskhover B, Bornhardt T, Guruswamy Pandian AP · 2026-09-01

Sleep medicine and dental medicine increasingly work together using new diagnostic tools and technologies. Dentists can screen patients for sleep-related breathing disorders and collaborate with physicians to manage conditions like obstructive sleep apnea using dental appliances.

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