About Edward Sall

Dr. Sall became board certified In Sleep Medicine in 2012.  Currently he is a consultant to the Upstate Medical Center Sleep Lab as well as the Crouse Irving Memorial Sleep Lab.  Dr. Sall is the Medical Director for ProAct Health Solutions.

Nasal Obstruction and Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Finally! Simple VivAer Outpatient Procedure Revolutionizes Treatment For Nasal Obstruction Simple procedure fixes nasal obstructions and clears the way for use of oral appliance therapy (OAT) and CPAP for many sleep disordered breathing (SDB) patients... Learn More On A Sleep Doctor Web Consult Nasal breathing is the preferred [...]

7 More Reasons COVID-19 Makes Oral Appliance Therapy A Better Option Than CPAP For Treating OSA

7 More Reasons COVID-19 Makes Oral Appliance Therapy A Better Option Than CPAP For Treating OSA Journal of Dental Sleep Medicine Updates Position On CPAP In Response To COVID-19 Pandemic Over the last five to ten years we have observed thousands of patients diagnosed and treated for obstructive sleep apnea [...]

Sleep Apnea Treatment And The Coronavirus

How To Safely Treat Sleep Apnea During The Pandemic And Why It's An Urgent Priority Edward T Sall MD DDS MBA (Medical Director ProSomnus) Mark Murphy DDS (Dental Director ProSomnus) COVID-19 and Dental Sleep Medicine The world has not faced a pandemic of this magnitude in [...]

Dental Sleep Medicine – An MD’s Perspective

As published in DentalMed Quarterly - Spring 2019 Increased Awareness of Dental Sleep Medicine Shows Large Numbers Go Undiagnosed In the last 5-10 years there has been increased awareness in the diagnosis and treatment of Sleep Related Breathing Disorders and the associated co-morbidities associated with these disorders.  Despite this increased awareness, 80-85% of the patients [...]

Pharmacologic Therapies for the treatment of OSA

Pharmacologic therapies for the treatment of OSA Sleep Apnea Medications: 1. Anti-obesity drugs are being used frequently to assist in achievement of weight loss by modifying fat digestion and suppressing appetite. 2. The effect of these drugs with the primary focus on OSA has been studied in very few trials. 3. Many of these trials involved sibutramine, which [...]

Ask These 2 Questions Before Choosing Your Oral Appliance Provider…

Worried your dentist may be selling you on an oral appliance or CPAC brand just to make more money? This post is for you... Most patients don't know that their dentist has legal and ethical considerations when it comes to how they handle referrals and business deals in their practice. If your not sure why your [...]

Surgical Therapies for Weight Loss in the Treatment of OSA

10 Things To Know About Bariatric Surgery 1. Bariatric surgery has emerged as a treatment option for morbidly obese patients who fail traditional weight loss approaches. 2. Bariatric surgery induces weight loss by malabsorption, restriction, or hormonal alterations. 3. Considerations for bariatric surgery include a BMI greater than 40 kg/m2 or BMI greater than 35 kg/m2 with one [...]

Weight Loss in the Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1. Although obesity is one of the important risk factors for OSA, the mechanism behind its causality is not well understood. 2. In obese patients with OSA, weight loss should never be recommended as the sole treatment of OSA, but rather should be used in conjunction with other treatments such as CPAP or Oral Appliance Therapy. 3. Weight [...]

Positional Therapy for Treatment of OSA

1. The effect of sleep position on the severity of OSA has been well established. 2. Positional OSA is defined as OSA with AHI in the supine position that is at least double the AHI in a nonsupine position. 3. The first reported attempt at positional therapy came from the wife of a patient who “sewed a pocket [...]

Orthodontic Treatment of OSA

Orthodontic Treatment of OSA 1. In the pediatric population, it is well established that enlarged tonsils and adenoids contribute to sleep disordered breathing and malocclusion. 2. The literature is rich with scientific evidence that maxillary expansion is often curative in children as treatment for sleep-disordered breathing. 3. The capability of bony expansion of the facial bones in adults [...]