Dedicated Sleep
Connecting the Dots Between Dental and Medical Sleep Care

Sleep disorders are rarely isolated conditions. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), arguably the most prevalent and chronically underdiagnosed sleep disorder, is deeply intertwined with broader systemic dysfunctions like cardiometabolic issues, craniofacial structural imbalances, neurocognitive deficits, and obesity. Despite OSA’s multifactorial nature, the care ecosystem surrounding OSA remains compartmentalized.

Traditionally, physicians handle diagnosis and medical management, while dentists step in to offer oral appliance therapy for patients who cannot tolerate continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment. This lack of coordination and communication across specialties often leads to delays, conflicting guidance, unnecessary repeat testing, and fragmented patient experiences.

Dedicated Sleep addresses these patients’ care issues by restructuring the coordination of sleep care.

“Patients don’t fall through the cracks because of bad medicine. They fall through because no one is holding the thread across touchpoints,” says Jill Glenn, Founder and CEO of Dedicated Sleep.

Dedicated Sleep’s multidisciplinary model connects the fragmented points of care. By aligning screening, diagnosis, therapy and long-term support within a single pathway, Dedicated Sleep ensures patients are not left on their own to navigate disconnected steps. A patient who is struggling with CPAP, or another patient who begins with a dental screening or home sleep study, is guided into the same continuum of care. Physicians, dentists and other providers work in tandem rather than in silos. Each handoff of the patient by healthcare professionals reinforces the clinical direction, allowing treatment plans to adjust as patient needs evolve.

Dedicated Sleep’s model is clinically effective due to its layered expertise, supported by healthcare professionals from diverse backgrounds in pulmonary, craniofacial, behavioral health and dental sleep medicine. This comprehensive model enables nuanced evaluation and shared decision-making, which is critical when managing complex, chronic conditions like OSA, because symptoms and root causes often overlap across multiple systems.

“We’ve built a care architecture that respects the patient’s time and the complexity of their condition,” Glenn explains. “When people come to us, they’re often tired, not just from sleep deprivation, but from the runaround. What we offer is a system that’s clinically sound, emotionally reassuring and structurally complete.”

The frontline care team of seasoned respiratory therapists, sleep technologists and educators is trained to comprehensively interpret polysomnography and home sleep test data. Their ability to recognize diagnostic blind spots and translate findings into actionable treatment pathways assures that every patient receives care that is both accurate and individualized.

This continuity of patient care reduces clinical friction. Rather than asking patients to repeat tests or bounce between offices, Dedicated Sleep creates a unified patient experience. Diagnostic, educational and therapeutic components are sequenced. As a result, therapy adherence increases, leading to improved patient outcomes.

The Story Behind a Promise: Never Let Go

“I was trained never to let go of people,” says Glenn. “So, we built a model that doesn’t.”

Glenn began her career as a paramedic, where one lesson was drilled into her from the very first day of training; never release a patient until they are safely in the care of the next provider. When she later entered sleep medicine, which was still in the days of pen-and-ink polysomnography, she was struck by how often that principle failed to carry over. Patients were tested, and results were documented, but the process often stopped there. With limited access to sleep physicians and treatment options, the critical handoff by healthcare professionals left patients adrift.

Determined to change and address these patient care shortfalls, Glenn championed a model for Dedicated Sleep that holds one line of accountability from the first recognition of OSA to the moment a patient is sleeping soundly again. What began as a personal conviction became the foundation for Dedicated Sleep’s blueprint and patient-centered model.

A Complete Dental Sleep Pathway

Dedicated Sleep’s treatment model is grounded in its “ABC—Airway-Centered Dentistry” approach, which prioritizes airway function as the foundation of sleep health. By identifying and addressing the root causes of sleep-disordered breathing, such as snoring, apnea-related airflow obstruction, chronic fatigue or temporomandibular joint pain, Dedicated Sleep helps patients achieve more restorative sleep and long-term symptom resolution, rather than relying on surface-level or short-term fixes.

The clinical philosophy behind this approach is clear. Patients who struggle with CPAP shouldn’t feel like they’ve failed. These patients should feel like they have medically sound alternatives. Dedicated Sleep offers oral appliance therapy not as a fallback, but as a validated pathway within a continuum of care. With trained care coaches and interdisciplinary clinical support, patients are educated on their options in a manner that respects the role of CPAP providers and preserves clinical continuity.

This patient-first, collaborative framework extends into the dental support ecosystem. Dedicated Sleep partners with large dental support organizations to embed airway screening tools into routine examinations. These protocols are designed to be intuitive, augmenting current workflows while equipping providers to recognize signs of potential sleep-related breathing disorders. Subtle clinical indicators, such as bruxism, vaulted palates or mandibular crowding, are reframed through the lens of airway dysfunction. These built-in prompts help clinicians be more proactive in connecting local findings to systemic sleep health.

The patient experience is structured for operational clarity. Dedicated Sleep’s proprietary care coordination platform ensures mutual consent, standardized protocols and transparent data exchange between all stakeholders: patients, dentists, sleep physicians, CPAP providers, appliance manufacturers and home sleep testing organizations. This coordination of care reduces redundant diagnostics and supports real-time, informed decision-making. A licensed provider is involved at every step, maintaining oversight and guiding the patient’s clinical trajectory with accountability and precision.

One of the most overlooked barriers in sleep medicine—variability in diagnostic documentation and payer expectations—is also taken into consideration. A clinical team works with a full spectrum of diagnostic inputs, from in-lab polysomnography to home sleep tests and raw signal data and the clinical time aligns those findings with diverse insurance frameworks. Validating prior testing and navigating medical necessity documentation helps patients move forward efficiently and compliantly, avoiding delays or repeat studies that can erode trust and prolong patient suffering.

Meeting the Sleep Needs of Professional Drivers

Dedicated Sleep’s most impactful initiative is a tailored care program for commercial truck drivers, a population with highly specific medical and regulatory demands. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations require that drivers diagnosed with OSA must demonstrate active treatment compliance to retain their commercial licenses. Failure to do so can jeopardize both the commercial truck driver’s health and their livelihoods.

Recognizing the clinical urgency and logistical pressures these commercial truck drivers face, Dedicated Sleep developed a streamlined, compliance-focused care pathway, specifically designed for the drivers. The team refers to these drivers as “the salt of the earth,” and that respect is reflected in every aspect of this program. From expedited diagnostics and same-day documentation to treatment initiation and long-term compliance tracking, drivers are guided through the entire process with clarity and speed.

As regulatory frameworks evolve, this program includes direct coordination with DOT-certified medical examiners and one-on-one coaching to improve adherence, whether that involves CPAP therapy or, increasingly, oral appliance alternatives. This flexibility enables drivers to stay on the road with confidence, supported by medically sound solutions that cater to their lifestyles and work demands.

This specialized care program for commercial truck drivers is a powerful example of Dedicated Sleep’s broader mission to close gaps, uphold standards, and deliver sleep care that truly works for everyone.

Progress with Purpose

Dedicated Sleep is now channeling innovation toward patient care that feels and results in both faster and more personal care. By weaving AI-driven insights into diagnostics, expanding access through portable screening tools, and strengthening remote monitoring, Dedicated Sleep is reimagining how sleep health is delivered. Yet for all the focus on technology, progress is never pursued at the expense of human connection.

“We’re not chasing scale for the sake of it,” says Glenn. “We’re scaling thoughtfully so we can meet patients earlier, personalize prevention and make sure every recommendation comes from someone who truly understands what the patient is going through.”

That philosophy extends beyond sleep medicine into the broader craniofacial space, where airway health intersects with dentistry, orthodontics, and pediatric care. Addressing conditions such as headaches, facial pain and swallowing difficulties alongside sleep disorders directly tackles the everyday challenges that can ripple far beyond nighttime rest.

Currently, collaborations with national organizations in transportation, healthcare and dental specialties are amplifying Dedicated Sleep’s clinical reach, while new alliances with dental service organizations and specialty medical groups are set to bring its continuity-of-care model to communities where patients often fall through the cracks.

“It’s exciting to be working side by side with some of the original sleep medicine providers,” Glenn adds. “There’s a strong sense of alliance and respect in this field, and that spirit is fueling the positive direction we’re heading.”

A spirit of humility, purpose, and clinical integrity is what defines Dedicated Sleep. True to its name, it is more than a clinic. Dedicated Sleep is a committed partner in helping patients reclaim not just sleep, but their quality of life.