"How I got started in the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing was through seeing patients at my dental practice, and learning what their symptoms meant:  that their sleep was being interrupted frequently during the night because they could not breathe effectively through their nose.  I studied at Spear Education, with the Vivos group, and most recently with the prestigious International Academy of Sleep.  Seven years of study has grown in me a joy for helping people breathe better during sleep and throughout their waking hours, which leads them to greater well-being and quality of life.  The amazing thing is that most patients I have screened who ended up having sleep-disordered breathing had no idea they had it!  After the last six years, I finally decided to get an official sleep study to test out the equipment and was diagnosed with mild sleep apnea, something I didn't believe I had!  After treating myself with a sleep device for the very first night, I woke up without the pressure in my head that I had never known was there until it wasn't!"