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Sleep bruxism, sleep apnoea and failing implants — a 73-minute lecture by orthodontist Derek Mahony
Specialist orthodontist and dental sleep medicine graduate Derek Mahony uses How Sleep Bruxism Leads to Implant Failure to connect night-time clenching and grinding with complications in otherwise well-integrated implants. The single 1 h 13 min lecture also touches on obstructive sleep apnoea, a common condition that often accompanies parafunction.
- 1lecture
- 1 h 13 minof video
What you’ll be able to do
- Recognise sleep bruxism as a parafunctional risk factor for implant patients
- Understand the suggested link between obstructive sleep apnoea and grinding
- Factor parafunction into implant treatment planning and follow-up
Inside the course
Why good implants still fail
Implant success rates are high, yet failures and complications still occur for several reasons; the lecture singles out excessive nocturnal loading from bruxism as one of them.
The sleep medicine angle
Mahony brings his training in dental sleep medicine to the topic, framing clenching and grinding alongside breathing disorders during sleep.
About Derek Mahony
An Australian-trained orthodontist with postgraduate qualifications in orthodontics, dental sleep medicine and clear aligner therapy, he lectures widely on interceptive treatment.
Built for
- Implant dentistsA reminder to screen for night-time parafunction before loading.
- Clinicians interested in dental sleep medicineA short entry point linking airway and bruxism.
Before you buy
Will it give me a bruxism management protocol?
Only a brief summary of the lecture is available, so the depth of any treatment protocol cannot be confirmed; treat it as an awareness lecture.
Is there a written outline or slides?
Only the single video is listed; no handout is mentioned.
Do I get CME credit or a certificate?
No. Clinicapedia provides the educational content only — no CME or CE credits, MOC points or certificates of completion are included with this product.
Specifications
| Format | Online video lecture |
|---|---|
| Instructor | Derek Mahony |
| Contents | 1 lesson |
| Duration | 1 h 13 min |
| Access | Lifetime, self-paced |
| Department | Dentistry |
| Delivery | Instant download · lifetime re-download |
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