Steve Carstensen, DDS, FAGD, Diplomate AADSM
Steve Carstensen, DDS, FAGD, Diplomate AADSM has treated sleep apnea and snoring since 1988. He’s the consultant to the ADA for sleep related breathing disorders, and trained at UCLA’s Mini-Residency in Sleep. He lectures internationally, advises several sleep-related manufacturers, directs sleep education at the Pankey Institute and is a guest lecturer at Spear Education, University of the Pacific and Louisiana State Dental Schools. For the AADSM he was a Board Member, Secretary-Treasurer and President-Elect.
Breathing and Airway Support - a Medical and Dental Collaboration
With over a billion people worldwide, and nearly 30 million in the US breathing badly during sleep, the cost to quality of life and healthcare is unimaginable. Dentists are increasingly taking on some of the functions of primary care doctors as they see people more frequently and apply their long-held preventive focus. The field of sleep and breathing is a part of medicine readily available to the trained dentist.
