Resources for Dentists

Referral Forms

• Respiratory Referral (Sleep Study) - Calgary
• Dental Appliance Prescription Form

Resource on Bite Registration

• Using the George Gauge - Leslie Dort DDS

Professional Societies

• American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
• American Dental Association
• Canadian Dental Association
• Alberta Dental Association and College
• Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
• Canadian Dental Assistants Association

Dental Publications

• Oral Appliances for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (review) - The Cochrane Collaboration 2009 - Lim J. et al.
• Dental Appliance Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea - Chest 2007 - Andrew S. L. Chan, Richard W. W. Lee and Peter A. Cistulli
• Oral Appliances for Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (A Review) - SLEEP 2006 - Ferguson K.A. et al.
• Practice Parameters for the Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (A Review) - SLEEP 2006 - Kushida C.A. et al.
• Efficacy and Co-morbidity of Oral Appliances in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea - Crit Rev Oral Biol Med 2004 - Hoekema A. et al.

Publications - Leslie Dort M.Sc., DDS

• Dort, L., Brant, R., A Randomized, Controlled Study of a Non-customized Tongue Retaining Device for Sleep Disordered Breathing. Sleep and Breathing. 2008 November; 12 (4):369-373.
• Dort, L., Hadjuk, E., Remmers, JE. A New Method for Determining Effective Mandibular Protrusion. ERJ. 2006 May; 27(5):1003-9.
• Dort, L., Hussein, J. Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Compliance with Oral Appliance Therapy. J of Otolaryngology. 2004, 33(3): 172-176.
• Dort, L., Walker, R. Pratt, R. Bruxism and Sleep Disordered Breathing in General Dentistry. A Feasibility Study. Abstract. ADSM. June 2004.
• Dort, L. Oral Appliances in Moderate and Severe OSA. Abstract. ADSM. June 2004.
• Willis H. Tsai, Juan-Carlos Vazquez, Tsutomu Oshima, Leslie Dort, Brian Roycroft, Alan A. Lowe, Eric Hadjuk, and John E. Remmers. Remotely Controlled Mandibular Positioner Predicts Efficacy of Oral Appliances in Sleep Apnea. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2004; 170: 366-370.
• Dort, L., Flemons, WW, Whitelaw, WA. Clinical predictors of an increase in quality of life in patients starting CPAP therapy. Abstract, American Thoracic Society Annual Meeting. June 2003.
• Dort, L. When Patients Falls Asleep in the Dental Chair. Journal of the Canadian Dental Association 2003; 69, 1(14-16).
• Gardner, D., Dort, L. Dysplastic Enamel in Odontomas. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Path 1979; 47(3): 238-246.