Policy Statement on a Dentist’s Role in Treating
Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) is the only non-profit national professional society dedi- cated exclusively to the practice of dental sleep medicine and firmly believes that by screening and providing oral appliance therapy, dentists, with appropriate training and in collabora- tion with physicians, help reduce the number of undiagnosed and untreated patients with sleep-disordered breathing, which includes snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. It is the