023-Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello

This week on Get a Gasp, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello talks to us about screening for obstructive sleep apnea, highlighting some questionnaires and tests she finds valuable.

 

Episode Highlights

 

• Should all hygienist’s be screening patients
• Ginas daily screening routine
• Questionnaires and tests 

 

Quotes 

 

“After acquiring all the data about 50% of these patients screened as high risk on the screening questionnaires and about 58% screened high risk by the pulse tests” 

 

“Just about 50% of patients in your chair can screen high risk”

 

“Dental hygienists are at a pivotal position to assist the inter professional team for screening for OSA”

 

“We are the people that look into patients mouths every day, we are in a pivotal and prime position to be screening patients” 

 

“I think any questionnaire is helpful”

 

Links

 

The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage:

 http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/

 

The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429

 

Long Island Dental Sleep Medicine homepage:   http://lidentalsleepmedicine.com/