Course Information
Category: CEU
Price: $15.99
BRPT Credit: 1.0 Course Hour CSTE
FORMAT: Purchase includes Downloadable PDF and access to online test.
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Course Description
This course provides the participant with an understanding of bruxism as a primary sleep disorder, as well as an anomaly during waking hours. The course discusses etiology from mechanical, psychological, and lifestyle perspectives. The participant will learn about the recognition of the disease from waking and sleeping perspectives and become aware of the therapies as well as lifestyle changes that will minimize symptoms.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The overall objective of this course is to provide the participant with an understanding of bruxism as a sleep and waking disorder. The participant will learn how to identify and treat the disease.
Course Competency Statements
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:
- Identify patient with bruxism, in both asleep and awake categories
- Identify the treatment choices for both conditions.
- Understand the best practice approach to combining the 2 therapies.
- Effectively manage this patient in the coordination of care
AUTHOR
Author: Robert Floro, MS, RRT
Course Reviewer: Mark Rasmus, MD; Steve Vinci, BS, RRT
