SML - Space Maintainers Laboratories

03/24/2026

03/17/2026

🕒 The time changed.
Their airway didn’t.

Daylight Saving disruptions can amplify symptoms of sleep apnea — especially in undiagnosed patients.

As dental professionals, you’re often the first to notice:
✔ Scalloped tongue
✔ Narrow arches
✔ Retrognathic profile
✔ TMJ discomfort

An oral sleep appliance can:
• Maintain airway patency
• Reduce apneic events
• Improve oxygen saturation
• Decrease parafunctional activity

This is your reminder to prioritize airway conversations in your practice.

👉 SML offers a variety of custom oral sleep appliances that support better breathing and better outcomes. Check them out now! smlglobal.com/obstructive-sleep-apnea-and-snoring

03/10/2026

Don’t forget to sign up for tomorrow’s webinar!

Sleep-Disordered Breathing From the Perspective of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
What Every Dental and Medical Specialist Should Know

Join Nicole Goldfarb as she explores the important connection between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs). Through compelling research and case studies, this session will highlight how OMDs can act as clinical markers for airway dysfunction, malocclusion, and impaired craniofacial development.

Learn how orofacial myofunctional therapy (OMT) plays a key role in the multidisciplinary management of SDB and why early identification and intervention are essential for improving patient outcomes and preventing long-term airway and orthodontic complications.

📅 March 11, 2026
🕕 6:00–7:30 PM PST
🎓 1.5 CE Credits

🔗 Learn more and register: ctseminars.com
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03/09/2026

👀 Look at This Line-Up!

🌙 22nd Annual SEC Dental Sleep Conference
📅 April 23–25, 2026
📍 Greenway DoubleTree | Houston, TX

Dental sleep medicine continues to evolve — and the SEC Dental Sleep Conference is where dentistry and medicine come together to move the field forward.

Join leading dentists and physicians for three days of advanced education, collaboration, and real-world clinical strategies that go beyond traditional CE.

🧠 Topics that move your practice forward:
• Hands-on airway & myofunctional exams
• Optimizing oral appliance therapy
• New FDA-approved medications for OSA
• Sleep apnea’s impact on pregnancy and fetal development
• The mouth–brain connection and ADHD
• Pediatric airway development & next-generation RPE expansion
• Collaborative care between dentists and physicians
• Parasomnias, insomnia, RLS, and their connection to sleep apnea

This is where clinical insight, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation meet.

👉 Reserve your seat today: dentalsleepconference.com/buy-tickets/

📢 Be part of the conversations shaping the future of airway-focused dentistry.

03/07/2026

⏰ WHEN WE SPRING FORWARD, SLEEP QUALITY OFTEN SUFFERS -
Patients struggling with undiagnosed OSA may experience:

• Morning headaches
• Dry mouth
• Clenching
• Poor restorative sleep

THE SPRING-FORWARD SOLUTION FOR BETTER HEALTH?

Dental teams are uniquely positioned to:

•OFFER EXPERT SLEEP SCREENINGS
• COLLABORATE WITH SML RESOURCE REPRESENTATIVES AND SOLUTION TEAMS
• PROVIDE CUSTOM ORAL APPLIANCES THAT SUPPORT AIRWAY STABILITY

👉 SML is your source for custom appliances and solutions that help your patients breathe easier. Check them out at: smlglobal.com/obstructive-sleep-apnea-and-snoring

03/05/2026

March is Sleep Awareness Month — the perfect time to elevate the airway conversation in your practice.

Obstructive sleep apnea often presents with:
• Bruxism
• Tooth wear
• Scalloped tongue
• Narrow arches
• TMJ symptoms

As dentists, you are in a unique position to screen, educate, and treat.

Custom oral appliances provide a non-invasive solution that supports mandibular advancement and airway stability — improving oxygen flow and patient compliance.

👉 Contact SML for more info on custom oral appliance solutions for your patients. smlglobal.com

02/16/2026

SML (Space Maintainers Laboratories) began in 1957 with the commitment to offering more than just a laboratory service to dentists. From that day through to the present time, we have established a tradition of service beyond previously established boundaries and expectations.

01/22/2026

Many Dentists and Orthodontists go beyond the smile when treating patients. And when they do - they choose Space Maintainers Laboratories. Discover why.

SML (Space Maintainers Laboratories) began in 1957 with the commitment to offering more than just a laboratory service to dentists. From that day through to the present time, we have established a tradition of service beyond previously established boundaries and expectations.

12/15/2025

🎄 Holiday Special + January LIVE Session Around the Corner!

There’s still time to register for the 2025–2026 Dental Sleep Medicine & TMD Mini Residency—and January’s live, on-site session is coming up fast. If you’re ready to elevate how you treat sleep apnea and TMD, this is your moment.

Led by Dr. Yousefian, this advanced program blends clinical education with hands-on training, teaching you how to integrate ApnoTx appliance therapy with clear aligners—so you can manage airway and TMD disorders while correcting malocclusion at the same time.

📍 Bellevue, WA
📚 36 CE Credits

🗓️ Cohort 2 Schedule:
• Session 1 – Virtual
• Session 2 – Jan 23–24, 2026 (On-site)
• Session 3 – Apr 24–25, 2026 (On-site)

🎁 Holiday Special:
Get $1,000 OFF when you enroll before December 25, 2025
Use code: sml2025

👉 Don’t wait—January is almost here.
🔗 Register now: ctseminars.com/mini-residency

12/03/2025

An Important Message to Our Valued Clients 🕒💤

The end-of-year sleep appliance rush is HERE—submit your cases TODAY to help ensure delivery before the end of 2025.

📦 Case Deadlines (Must be received by SML on or before):
• All Sleep Cases: December 8, 2025
• Panthera D-SAD Cases: December 11, 2025

👉 Visit SMLglobal.com for case submission instructions.

Can’t see your patient before Dec 8th?
SML offers Rush Service on a first-come, first-served basis. Call 800-423-3270 to coordinate your rush case.
❗No rush service available for Panthera D-SAD and X3.

🚚 Please note: SML is not responsible for shipping delays (MES, UPS, USPS, FedEx) due to weather, holiday volume, or other factors beyond our control.

💡 Reminder: Most patients’ insurance deductibles reset at the start of the New Year—now is the time to get those sleep appliances started!

11/27/2025

May your Thanksgiving be filled with peace, love, and joy! 🍂🍁

Happy Thanksgiving from SML.