Innovation Anthology #690:

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Children can suffer from sleep apnea just like adults.

Turns out making regular rips to the dentist is the first step in identifying children at risk.

Dr. Paul Major is Chair of the School of Dentistry at the University of Alberta.

With funding from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions, he has developed a training program for dentists on sleep disordered breathing.

DR. PAUL MAJOR:  It’s been long known that children that breathe through their mouth have particular facial patterns and problems in terms of how their teeth fit together.  What is sort of emerging now is that we also now believe that the pattern of face and the facial development and the structures may actually be a contributing factor to the development of sleep apnea and sleep disordered breathing, and not just necessarily a consequence of it.  So there’s now sort of a two way street where dentists are likely to be able to play a role in assessing and finding children who are at risk of having this problem, as well as management and participation in sort of the overall diagnosis.

Dr. Major says once identified, the children can be sent to a team of caregivers for diagnosis and treatment.

Thanks today to ALBERTA INNOVATES HEALTH SOLUTIONS

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Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates (formerly Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions)

As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.

Working with our many partners  in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.

Our background

Alberta Innovates consolidation was launched November 1, 2016.

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions was established as part of the Alberta Innovates system by an Act of Legislation of the Government of Alberta. It is a agency  of the Government of Alberta. We receive a yearly allocation from the Ministry of Health and report through the ministry to the people of Alberta.

Our Mandate and Roles document reflects our role and responsibilities and outlines the government statues and regulations with which we comply.

Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out Alberta’s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our considerable investments in research align with our priority—to improve the health of Albertans.

 

 

Program Date: 2015-05-21