IAOS Diplomate Program
The Most Comprehensive Clinical Education
Program in Dental Sleep Medicine
This program is designed to change the way you think
There are dozens of sleep courses available. Some are weekend courses, some are longer-term. You’ll receive lectures from very intelligent people, and in some cases, get letters at the end of your name.
However, it’s impossible to learn, understand, and master dental sleep medicine in these courses. By packing tons of information into a tight window of time, the courses don’t allow for full comprehension of the material.
Some courses even offer to sell the answers to the final exam. So, if you’re looking to buy your way into Diplomate status, this is not the program for you.
Our rigorous curriculum takes you deep into the world of dental sleep medicine.
It asks you to evaluate literature differently and think critically about it.In the end, you’ll “know sleep” in your sleep.
There’s no better way to learn than through immersion
The Diplomate Program is structured so that you can learn and practically apply the material. This rigorous program is designed to produce experts.
What you can expect from this program
3 In-Person Lectures and 9 Virtual Lectures over 12 months
Literature Reviews for Each Module
In-Depth Case Presentations
Clinical Presentation
Final Written Exam
What Sets Our Diplomate Program Apart
This Course Teaches Critical Thinking – Not Just How to Regurgitate Information
Other Diplomate programs are little more than marketing schemes, and ineffective ones at that.
This is NOT a “mini-residency” program, jamming days of lecture into a tiny window of time.
This is NOT a program that feeds you factoids for you to spit out like you’re on a game show.
This is NOT a program that sells the answers to the test questions for an additional fee.
The IAOS Diplomate Program is a 12-month, immersive experience which encourages REAL LEARNING over time, and allows you to build upon previous learning.
Our goal is to provide you with a world-class, evidence-based program to give you a strong enough base in science to guide your craft.
Sample Curriculum
1
Basic Sleep Medicine and Dentistry’s Role
Exploring and understanding the dental model vs. the medical model. Understanding sleep medicine physiology, history, and epidemiology. Understanding the diagnosis of sleep – PSG channels, sleep stages and cycles, and disorders.
2
Sleep Pathology and Diagnosis
The depth of the program allows a more thorough evaluation of the pathophysiology of sleep disturbed breathing as well as a concentration on the basic physiology of normal sleep. Guest lectures highlight the program with concentrations on EEG, the physiology of sleep initiation and the hormonal effects of altered sleep, and how we can not just learn about sleep hygiene, but appreciate how sleep hygiene can be used to help our patients with oral appliance therapy.
3
Bruxism, TMD, and Occlusion
Our program will explore the many myths about occlusion and parafunction which allows us to treat our patients with more confidence. A careful look at the reality of occlusion and when altered occlusion matters as well as when it doesn’t! A careful evaluation leads us to the understanding of the relationship of parafunction to most of our muscle and joint complications. This allows us not only to treat those complications, but in most cases, avoid them.
4
OSA Treatment / Oral Appliance Therapy
A careful look at combination therapy, as well as the role of the altering upper airway resistance with oral appliance therapy allows us to maximize the effectiveness of OAT.
5
Pharmacology and Sleep
We study pharmacology by carefully evaluating neurotransmitters. Not only does this help us more deeply understand the physiology of sleep, but explains the response of sleep alteration by the pharmacotherapy.
6
Diagnosis and Treatment Review
A thorough evaluation of central sleep apnea and it’s treatment options allows us to more comprehensively understand the role of OAT in the treatment of mixed apnea as well as CSA.
7
Technology and Dental Sleep
We do a deep dive into the diagnostic process as well as how we use HST and oximetry and more in our titration and post treatment confirmation processes. Imaging, Matrix, High Resolution oximetry, HST’s, PSG’s, DICE, MSLT, MWT, Technology of PAP, Bluetooth wearables and apps.
8
Advanced Communications with Physicians
How do we explain the role of OAT to our patients and referring physicians. How do we explain to them the likelihood of response without inappropriately setting unrealistic expectations?
9
Sleep and Dreams
Understanding why we dream and what it means. Anxiety’s role in dreaming. We evaluate post traumatic nightmares and their effect on our patients.
Diplomate Testimonials
What Over 200 Dentists With Successful Sleep Businesses Are Saying
Rashid Beirute-Prada
Family Tree Dental | Marietta, OH
MEMBER SINCE
2023
Nate Cogswell
Michael J. Murray, DDS | Darien, CT
MEMBER SINCE
2022
Chad Denman
North Florida Sleep Resources | Fleming Island, FL
MEMBER SINCE
2022
Meet the IAOS Diplomate Chairperson
Dr. Mark Murphy DDS
D. IAOS, D. ABDSM, FAGD
Executive Director & Lead Instructor
With over 40 years’ experience in the dentistry, the dental laboratory professions and manufacturing industries, Mark has a gestalt perspective of the various functions and relationships. A long-standing role with the Pankey Institute in Key Biscayne has had significant influence on this point of view. After receiving various awards and honors within the dental profession and selling his very successful practice in 1998, he drifted towards a more global industry view and role serving with Dental Technologies Inc. as VP Operations and as a consultant to several manufacturers and suppliers for dentistry and the laboratory profession.
Currently, Mark is the Executive Director of Restfull and the IAOS, former Chief Revenue Officer and Lead Faculty for Clinical Education at ProSomnus Sleep Technologies Inc., practiced Dental Sleep Medicine one day per week. He also served on the Adjunct Faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Visiting Faculty at the Pankey Institute, and lectures internationally.
Dr. Murphy has earned recognition for his advanced education including:
- 1977 University of Detroit BS Summa Cum Laude
- 1981 University of Detroit Dental School (OKU)
- 1990 Completed Pankey Institute Continuum
- 1991- 2025 presented over 2000 hours of CE
- 1993 Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry
- 2018 Diplomate ABDSM
- 2024 Diplomate IAOS
Dr. Murphy is a sustaining member in the following organizations:
- ADA, MDA, Oakland County & Detroit District Dental Society
- AGD Fellow
- AADSM Qualified Dentist (Diplomate Status May 2019)
- American and International College of Dentists
- Omnicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society
- NADL and Pankey Institute Former Board of Director
Dr. Murphy has presented hundreds of times to various groups and meetings and published dozens of articles in many journals, primarily on n Dental Sleep Medicine, Occlusion and Practice Management. Recently he has also presented several posters/abstracts for the AASM, AADSM, and World Sleep
- AADSM, ASBA, IAOS, NADSM, ADA, AADPA, CDS, CDA, GNY, FNDC, PNDC, AGD, Sirona, Yankee, Hinman
- NEDLS, MWSTM, ECDL, MACDL, LMT, Lab Day, CAL Lab, NADL Vision 21
- Numerous Study Clubs, Corporations and Annual Meetings
- NSM’s of, Schein, Ivoclar, Smile Source, Carestream, Care Credit, Modern Dental, Pankey
