Dental-Chiropractic Collaborative is a professional dental, functional medicine and chiropractic service dedicated to the education and welfare of our patients who may be affected by snoring and sleep disorders.
Dr. Richard Downs, D.D.S., F.A.G.D., F.I.C.O.I. and Dr. Joseph Zelk, D.N.P., F.N.P., B.C., C.B.S.M., D.B.S.M. developed the DCC to build a cross referral team approach to patient treatment between the professions of chiropractic, functional sleep medicine and dentistry. The strategic partners they have affiliated with will allows for Dental-Chiropractic-Functional Medicine Alliances to work with with durable medical equipment centers, dental sleep labs and medical sleep centers, and innovative medical billing experts with an emphasis on treatment of sleep disordered breathing.
DCC supports this relationship in many ways starting with our educational seminars through Sleep Balance Academy (SBA), ongoing in-office support, social media campaigns, and mentoring from professionals trained in this level of care. DCC also keeps its members up to date on the latest advances in effective treatment and effective billing solutions on behalf of the doctors for their patients.
DCC helps Dentists, Functional Sleep Medicine and Chiropractors to:
Recognize which sleep disorders can be treated with oral sleep appliances (OSA) or combination therapies.
Helps dentists be educated in the services chiropractic care and functional sleep medicine provide for the co-morbidities of sleep apnea, different types and uses of oral appliances, screening for sleep disorders, and interpret (PSG) polysomnograms and provide sleep specialist interpretation of sleep studies and provide prescriptions in all 50 US states.
Administer home sleep studies (HST) and work closely with a patient's physician or specialists in Somnology to achieve the most effective treatment for a patient.
Manage the medical and dental issues that uniquely accompany sleep related breathing disorders (SRBD) and its impact on teeth, gums, soft palate, tongue, joints, neck and jaws.
Dentists are qualified to fabricate, adjust, fit, monitor and treat problems and complications associated with oral appliances which are used to manage sleep related breathing disorders.
Chiropractors, medical doctors, nurse practitioners and functional sleep medicine providers not only can screen and find potential sleep apnea patients but can treat the posture problems, counsel and treat many medical co morbidities including weight gain issues, TMJ pain and morning headaches associated with sleep disorders non-evasively. We can also help these medical professionals how to administer EPAP therapy, myofunctional therapy, CPAPs and even oral appliances for sleep apnea.
In some instances DCC, SBA and our partners can handle all of the billing and pre-authorization work for you while maximizing the medical insurance benefits for your patients to minimize their out-of-pocket expenses by automating this billing service to their medical insurance carriers.
We provide your dental or medical office with home sleep studies. To order a sleep study for your patients go to www.onlinehomesleepstudy.com
