![]() ![]() “Our biggest challenge is that people don’t know we exist,” he says. He started by raising awareness about dental sleep medicine for both doctors and patients alike. That is, building relationships of trust with his patients and communicative and collaborative relationships with physicians. Mogell cultivated a habit of building relationships as the foundation of his growing dental sleep practice. Mogell, DMD, DABDSM Relationship Building Patients will say, ‘Why didn’t anyone tell me this was a viable option to treat my apnea?’ Kenneth A. Our biggest challenge is that people don’t know we exist. “He then learned about dental sleep medicine from those that had already experienced the uphill effort to be successful in dental sleep medicine.” “Dr Mogell honed his dental sleep skills, met the right people, and did the hard work to learn about sleep medicine and become credentialed in it,” Schwartz says. Two years ago, Mogell was able to go full-time with his dental sleep services (and no longer offers other types of dentistry).ĭavid Schwartz, DDS, DABDSM, president of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM), credits Mogell’s success to his willingness to learn and build relationships with people who could help him along the way. He says, “We saw the potential in the field to not only expand our practice but to take care of patients on a different level.” With Danias’ help, he later expanded dental sleep services into a full day a week. Dental sleep medicine, then, felt like a “natural extension” of his practice.Īfter attending an educational course with his then-dental hygienist, now director of marketing, Katherine Danias, Mogell slowly began integrating dental sleep medicine into his practice, starting with offering just one afternoon a week. He had entered dental cosmetics early on and been successful in carving a niche in that field. Mogell was motivated by a desire to be intentional about creating a niche practice. At the time, Mogell had “absolutely zero idea what they were talking about,” he says today, but his interest had been piqued. While discussing his observation with other dentists, they mentioned dental sleep medicine. He became interested in dental sleep after noticing a significant number of patients at his dental practice presenting with temporomandibular joint problems. There would be another transition later, albeit a much more gradual one, as Mogell found his niche offering dental sleep medicine services exclusively. “As a nurse, I’d been in every orifice, so that was helpful,” he quips. Fortunately, he found the transition to a different type of patient care a seamless one. So, after three years of working as a nurse and with the encouragement of friends, he applied to dental school. He began interacting with patients in a different way-as a nurse.Īfter graduating from nursing school in the late 1970s, Mogell struggled to find his place in a role filled by few men at the time. Mogell didn’t start his healthcare career with the goal of becoming a dental sleep medicine practitioner, or even a dentist at all. “We change peoples’ lives and that’s really a powerful thing for a dentist.” Changing Lives While Changing Careers “We truly do make a difference in people’s lives beyond just filling a cavity,” Mogell says. Mogell, DMD, DABDSM, easily sees upwards of 100 patients a week, about 80% of whom are insured by Medicare. ![]() After their first visit, patients can also confirm that they did not receive a free toothbrush or floss on their way out the door.įlorida Dental Sleep Disorders doesn’t need general dentistry equipment because it is a fully dental sleep practice-and a bustling one at that. The Melbourne and Vero locations lack even ceiling and chair dental lights and are markedly void of drills. The practice’s four locations-in Boca Raton, Vero Beach, Jupiter, and Melbourne-deliberately showcase an environment that resembles that of a medical physician’s office more than a traditional dental office. People who are typically afraid of going to the dentist can enter a Florida Dental Sleep Disorders location without their usual fears being triggered. Mogell, DMD, DABDSM, helps many people on Medicare treat their sleep apnea with oral appliances.īy Chaunie Brusie, RN, BSN | Photography by Briggitte Pascual
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