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
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Recent episodes include "Rethinking Airway Management" (28 October 2026, 53 minutes), "Stop Treating Labels & Start Listening to Patients" (14 October 2026, 51 minutes), and "The AHI Lie: When Good Numbers Hide Bad Outcomes" (30 September 2026, 44 minutes).
Sleep Matters Podcast publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 41 minutes.
Booking probability for Sleep Matters Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Sleep Matters Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Sleep Matters Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Sleep Matters Podcast are Dentists. Sleep Matters Podcast has a business audience.
Sleep Matters Podcast is a business podcast.
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Episode #25
Dr. Keith Thornton has spent several decades challenging how dentistry thinks about sleep, breathing, and the airway. In this episode, he joins Jason Tierney and Dr. Erin Elliott to look back at the origins of his work...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Episode #9
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...
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...
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...
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...
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