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Sleep Matters Podcast
by Dr. Erin Elliott and Jason Tierney
Sleep Matters is a mocktail of snarky honesty and straight talk in dental sleep medicine you’ve been looking for.We jump on the grenades most professionals avoid, from medical and dental turf wars and insurance headaches to calling out the latest industry “snake oil.”Sit down with movers, shakers, and iconoclasts as we dive into the clinical and political issues that keep dentists up at night.You’ll learn.You’ll laugh.And you’ll actually look forward to the next episode.SLEEP MATTERS
Episodes
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Stop Treating Labels & Start Listening to Patients
Sleep medicine has gotten very good at diagnosing conditions. Dr. Dave McCarty thinks the bigger challenge is remembering that the diagnosis is only part of the story. McCarty started as a primary care internist before finding his way into sleep medicine, eventually training under Dr. Andrew...
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The AHI Lie: When Good Numbers Hide Bad Outcomes
Sleep apnea, for sleep professionals, feels EASY to diagnose - but what about when it isn’t cut and dry? For patients who don't fit the stereotype, don't respond perfectly to CPAP, or need more than one provider involved in their care, the path can feel impossible. Emma Cooksey spent roughly a...
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Dentists! Stop Overcomplicating Sleep & How to Get Moving
Dentists have a habit of making sleep harder than it needs to be. They get buried in medical insurance, device details, referrals, and clinical workflows before they've even figured out how to consistently get patients tested. Dr. Tarun Agarwal has spent years building a successful sleep practice...
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Making Dental Sleep Work in a General Dentistry Practice With Dr. Erin Elliott
Most dental sleep courses are built for sleep-only practices. So when a general dentist tries to copy that model, the workflow buckles, the team stalls, claims get denied, and less than 5% ever make it off the starting line. Dr. Erin Elliott runs a thriving general practice and treats a lot of...
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TMD, OSA, PRF, & the Importance of Taking Action With Dr. Jamison Spencer
Dentists take the course. Fill the notebook. Nod at all the right moments. Then they go home and do nothing with it. Dr. Jamison Spencer has watched that happen for 25 years, and in this episode he tells Dr. Erin Elliott and Jason Tierney exactly why it keeps happening. Along the way: PRF and why...
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Circling the Breathing Triangle With Dr. Madan Kandula
In this episode, Dr. Erin Elliott and Jason Tierney sit down with Dr. Madan Kandula to explore a part of airway care that too often gets overlooked: the nose. Dr. Kandula is a board-certified ENT and the founder/CEO of ADVENT, an ENT practice built around treating airway concerns across what he...
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Climb the Learning Ladder With Dr. Mark Murphy
In this episode, Dr. Elliott and Jason Tierney sit down with Dr. Mark Murphy to discuss the skill no one wants to talk about that goes ignored at your detriment: communication. Dr. Murphy has spent more than 30 years in dental sleep medicine, from teaching alongside Dr. Keith Thornton at the…
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So What? Now What? Why Sleep Matters with Dr. Erin Elliott & Jason Tierney
In this episode, the co-hosts take a step back and tell you who they are, how they got here, and why Sleep Matters. Jason's path into dental sleep started nearly 20 years ago at a large dental lab. Early demand for snore devices sent him down a rabbit hole that never ended — device inventors…
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Can Binaural Beats Improve Sleep? Exploring SleepVibe, Binaural Beats, & Early Research with Jim Marsh & Dr. Poppy May Gardiner
In this episode of Sleep Matters, Dr. Erin Elliott and Jason Tierney are joined by inventor Jim Marsh and sleep researcher Dr. Poppy May Gardiner to explore an unconventional but increasingly talked-about sleep technology: SleepVibe. Jim Marsh, a mechanical engineer turned sleep device inventor,...
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Never Tongue Tied: Lasers, Airway, & Sleep with Dr. Anthony Bolamperti
In this episode, Dr. Anthony Bolamperti joins Dr. Erin Elliott and Jason Tierney to talk about how laser dentistry transformed his practice, why tethered oral tissues are often overlooked in sleep medicine, and how functional frenuloplasty can become a powerful tool for treating airway patients....
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Parkinson’s, Practice Transition, & Discovering a New Path in Dental Sleep Medicine with Dr. Craig Harder
In this episode, Dr. Craig Harder joins Dr. Erin Elliott and Jason Tierney to talk about the kind of career shift most dentists hope they never have to face, but every practice owner should be prepared for. After nearly 30 years in private practice, Dr. Harder was diagnosed with Parkinson’s...
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Blame the Patient. That Works Great! With Ryan C. Javanbakht
In this episode, Ryan Javanbakht joins Jason Tierney and Dr. Erin Elliott to break down one of the biggest issues in dental sleep medicine: patient follow-through on testing. Most practices think they have a testing problem. They don’t; they have a communication problem. Patients drop off because...
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The Wake-Up Call You Can’t Ignore: Pediatric Airway Awareness & Early Expansion with Dr. Johnny Ukich
In this episode, Jason Tierney and Dr. Erin Elliott talk with Dr. Johnny Ukich about the slow shift from focusing mainly on cavities and traditional pediatric care to recognizing the early signs of sleep-disordered breathing in kids. What does it take for a busy pediatric dentist to start seeing...
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How to Stop Your Team From Complaining & Start Contributing With Dr. Max Kerr (Part 2)
Why do the thousands of dollars you spend on dental consultants evaporate the moment your team gets busy? Dr. Max Kerr breaks down the real reason your practice falls back into bad habits, office drama, and useless meetings. Learn how the EOS framework forces total team accountability, kills...
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Handpiece Allergy, Toxic Tammy, and DSM “Rocks” with Dr. Max Kerr (Part 1)
The "business of dental sleep medicine" shouldn’t feel like a dirty secret - and PROFIT shouldn’t be a curse word in sleep. In this episode, Jason Tierney, Dr. Erin Elliott, and Dr. Max Kerr stop apologizing for building healthy businesses. Dr. Kerr explains how his own "rheostat regret"—a...
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Orange Jumpsuits, Evidence-Based Constraints, and the Provider Divider with Dr. Steve Carstensen
Dental Sleep Medicine is like Groundhog Day. Why? In this episode, Jason Tierney and Dr. Erin Elliott sit down with the "fierce advocate" himself, Dr. Steve Carstensen, to examine why the field is moving at the speed of a dial-up modem. Steve has been in the room where it happens—serving on…
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Ditching Wearables, Paradoxical Intent, and CBT for Insomnia with Shane Creado, MD
You did your job. You addressed the patient’s breathing and airway issues. But they are still spending their days feeling like they haven’t slept. What’s the deal? This week, sleep expert and psychiatrist Dr. Shane Creado joins Jason Tierney and Dr. Erin Elliott to solve the mystery of the...
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Multi-Location Growth, Referral Pipelines, and Metrics that Matter with Scott Craig
What if your referral sources keep sending patients, but your delivery numbers never match up? Scott Craig joins hosts Jason Tierney and Dr. Erin Elliott to break down a glaring reason many sleep practices stall: they track activity, not conversion. This isn't about "doing more marketing"—it’s...
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Applesauce Pouches, Cognitive Deficits, and Pediatric Airways with Dr. Stacy Becker
What if that "cute" childhood snore is actually the sound of your child gasping for air, struggling to stay alive? In this high-energy, eye-opening episode, Dr. Stacy Becker—one-third of the powerhouse team behind ASAP Pathway—joins us to dismantle the myth that kids "just grow out of it." After...
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Basic B**** Cancer, Portal Purgatory, and Waiting Rooms That Fail with Lesia Tierney
What happens to a patient’s heart when they receive life-altering news alone, staring at a cold computer screen? In this deeply moving episode, Lesia Tierney—a 20-year leader in dental sleep medicine—shares the moment her world shifted. After decades of helping convert patients, she found herself...
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The TEDx Stage, Role-Playing, and Physician Relationships with Dr. Suzanne Thai
What happens when the life you’ve built no longer fits? Dr. Suzanne Thai, a prominent dental sleep medicine practitioner and TEDx speaker, joins Jason Tierney and Dr. Erin Elliott to discuss her journey from "existential dread" in general dentistry to finding renewed purpose in sleep medicine.…
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Dental Sleep Labs, Bite Records, and Why Most Appliances Fail
Why do some oral appliances fail before they ever reach the patient’s mouth? Sonnie Bocala, founder of Apex Dental Sleep Lab, pulls back the curtain on what really happens inside the lab, why bite records matter more than devices, and how dentists can avoid the mistakes that lead to remakes…
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GLP-1, Sleep Apnea, and Why Patients Struggle With Long-Term Weight Loss With Dr. Jonathan Lown
Why are GLP-1 drugs exploding in sleep medicine, yet most patients still struggle to lose and keep off weight? Dr. Jonathan Lown breaks down why obesity is not a willpower problem, how GLP-1s change sleep apnea outcomes, and why dentists need to rethink how they talk about weight, airway, and...
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Sleep Matters, The Alford Plea, and The Problem With Dental Sleep Medicine
Why do thousands of dentists take sleep courses but never treat a single patient? Dr. Erin Elliott explains the "Implementation Gap" and how to bridge the friction between interest and action. What We Discuss with Dr. Erin Elliott: The "So What? Now What?" Framework: Why most continuing education...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Sleep Matters is a mocktail of snarky honesty and straight talk in dental sleep medicine you’ve been looking for.We jump on the grenades most professionals avoid, from medical and dental turf wars and insurance headaches to calling out the latest industry “snake oil.”Sit down with movers, shakers, and iconoclasts as we dive into the clinical and political issues that keep dentists up at night.You’ll learn.You’ll laugh.And you’ll actually look forward to the next episode.SLEEP MATTERS
HOSTED BY
Dr. Erin Elliott and Jason Tierney
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Sleep Matters is a mocktail of snarky honesty and straight talk in dental sleep medicine you’ve been looking for.We jump on the grenades most professionals avoid, from medical and dental turf wars and insurance headaches to calling out the latest industry “snake oil.”Sit down with movers, shakers,...
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