On today’s episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello looks at another form of therapy for sleep disordered breathing for adults called oral appliance therapy. Episode Highlights: How oral appliance therapy works The steps involved in getting an oral … [Read more...] about Oral Appliance Therapy for Sleep Disordered Breathing – Episode 18: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Tongue Ties and Myofunctional Therapy with Cathy DiStefano, RDH – Episode 17: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Gina Pepitone-Mattiello’s guest on today’s episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast is her good friend, Cathy DiStefano, dental hygienist and myofunctional therapist, who shares discusses the effects of tongue-ties, and the impact that myofunctional therapy can have upon a patient’s airway and … [Read more...] about Tongue Ties and Myofunctional Therapy with Cathy DiStefano, RDH – Episode 17: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Sleep Breathing Disorders and the Didgeridoo – Episode 16: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Gina Pepitone-Mattiello continues her month long series on different therapies to treat sleep breathing disorders in today’s episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast, by looking at positional therapy as well as the use of one of the oldest known wind instruments, the didgeridoo. Episode … [Read more...] about Sleep Breathing Disorders and the Didgeridoo – Episode 16: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Sleep Breathing Disorder Therapies Episode 15: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
In today’s episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello continues her month long series on different therapies to treat sleep breathing disorders, this time looking at surgical options and epigenetics. Episode Highlights: Some surgical options for treating … [Read more...] about Sleep Breathing Disorder Therapies Episode 15: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) – Episode 14: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
In today’s episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello begins a month long series on different therapies to treat sleep breathing disorders by first looking at Positive Airway Pressure (PAP). Episode Highlights: How the positive airway machine was … [Read more...] about Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) – Episode 14: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Diagnosing Sleep Apnea – Episode 13: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
In today’s episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello discusses a topic about which she is very excited - the diagnosis of sleep apnea. Episode Highlights: The types of physicians most involved with sleep medicine The types of sleep tests/studies that … [Read more...] about Diagnosing Sleep Apnea – Episode 13: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Episode 12: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
In today’s episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello takes an in-depth look at obstructive sleep apnea. Episode Highlights: How Gina describes obstructive sleep apnea to her patients The 3 types of apnea Definitions of apnea-related terms … [Read more...] about Obstructive Sleep Apnea – Episode 12: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS) – Episode 11: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
Today, in the latest episode of the “Get a Gasp” podcast, Gina Pepitone-Mattiello delves deeper into airway disorders by taking a look at Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS). Episode Highlights: The difference between obstructive sleep apnea and UARS The possible … [Read more...] about Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS) – Episode 11: Get a Gasp with Gina Pepitone-Mattiello
