What is it about?
Poor sleep health can have many causes. The health implications related to poor sleep health can be serious and even deadly. Dental hygienists are in a prime position for identifying poor sleep health during preventive oral health care.
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Why is it important?
Identifying poor sleep health is important for improving oral and systemic health for people of all ages and genders.
Perspectives
Identifying poor sleep health is underrecognized and addressed by all health and oral health care professionals. A sleep health screening should be part of standard care, similar to providing oral cancer screenings. These screenings are easy, non-invasive, and could save a life.
Kelly Schroeder
Idaho State University
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This page is a summary of: Recognizing Poor Sleep Quality Factors During Oral Health Evaluations, Clinical Medicine & Research, June 2019, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation,
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2019.1465.
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