Twenty-five percent of people suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, causing them to stop breathing while they sleep. If you suffer from sleep apnea, you are at a higher risk of: Excessive daytime sleepiness, High blood pressure, Stroke, Obesity, Diabetes, Decreased sex drive, Driving and work-related accidents. We are focused on providing our patients a solution to their sleeping disorder. With the help of our MATRx plus at home sleep study system, we are able to provide a faster and easier path to treatment. With the MATRx plus, a comprehensive evaluation of a patient’s response to oral appliance therapy is conducted while they sleep by pulling the patient’s jaw forward into the correct positon. By conducting the sleep study this way, we are able to reduce treatment time by weeks and the patient’s sleep apnea can be treated more quickly. It also means potentially fewer appliance fitting appointments. We are excited that Dr. Bart Van and Dr. James Hogg are teaming up to help patients in our surrounding communities obtain a better quality of life.
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In 2010, Dr. James Hogg was awarded with American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM) Diplomate status, designating him as a highly skilled dentist with the in-depth knowledge, skill, and ability to treat patients with sleep-disordered breathing. In Chicago, he practiced in a multi-location Dental Sleep Medicine practice and was the Dental Sleep Medicine Director for two of the five practices. In these offices, he trained Sleep Medicine Physicians from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University Medical Fellowship Program in Dental Sleep Medicine. He now enjoys relationships with many of the sleep professionals in the Brevard/ Asheville area. Dr. Hogg has lectured nationally to Dentists, Sleep Physicians, Respiratory Technicians, and ENT’s (Otolaryngologists) on the subject of Dental Sleep Medicine. He currently lectures in Chicago for the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine(AADSM) in their Mastery program to train dentists to become Qualified/Diplomates of the ABDSM.
He has also lectured to the dental resident students at the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville, NC and at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Dentistry. An active member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine(AADSM), he has served as the Chairman of the Educational Committee, the Essentials of Dental Sleep Medicine Course and currently is on the Board of directors for the AADSM.
He is here to help people from all of Western North Carolina and beyond get a better night’s sleep.
Carolina Smiles Family Dental is located at 4 Market St #4202 Brevard, NC 28712.