SleepCon 2025 Workshop

SLEEPCON 2025

Under the Aegis of Indian Sleep Disorders Association
Workshop :- June 20, 2025
Conference :-  June 21 & 22, 2025
Venue:- Grand Chennai by GRT Hotels, T.Nagar, Chennai
Organized by:- Indian Sleep Disorders Association &
Nithra Institute of Sleep Sciences

SLEEP TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP | June 20, 2025

Course Coordinators: Dr. Tripat Deep Singh & Dr. N.K.M. Nileena
Time Topic
08:30 - 09:00 AM Registration
09:00– 09:10 AM Introduction to workshop
09:10– 09:40 AM Hook up for level 1 & level 3 sleep study
10:10 - 10:50 AM AASM rules for sleep staging and arousals
10:50 - 11:10 AM Tea break
11:10 - 11:40 AM AASM rules for respiratory events
11:40 - 12:10 PM AASM rules for scoring PLMS
12:10 - 12:40 PM AASM scoring rules - Shortcomings and potential solutions
12:40 - 13:10 PM New technologies to diagnose OSA
13:10 - 14:10 PM Lunch break
14:10 - 14:40 PM Actigraphy - Role in medical practice
14:40 - 15:10 PM Consumer sleep technologies - What clinician need to know?
15:10 - 15:40 PM CSA-CSR management with PAP therapy - Recent updates
15:40 - 16:10 PM OSA management - Update on recent RCT’s
16:10 - 16:30 PM Tea break
16:30 - 18:00 PM Hands on demo for level 1 sleep lab (Industry)
Hands on AASM scoring rules

PEDIATRIC SLEEP MEDICINE WORKSHOP

Course Coordinators: Dr. Vivekanand and Ms. Lata Casturi
Time Topic
08:30 - 09:00 AM Registration
09:00– 09:30 AM Introduction
09:30– 10:00 AM How to screen in office practice
10:00– 10:30 AM The Snoring Child
10:30– 10:45 AM Tea break
10:45 – 11:15 AM Behavioural Insomnia of Childhood (BIC)
11:15 – 11:45 PM Parasomnias
11:45 – 12:15 PM Adolescent Sleep Problems
12:15 – 12:45 PM Sleep Coaching
12:45 – 13:15 PM Tools in the evaluation of pediatric sleep
13:15 – 14:00 PM Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00 PM Pediatric Polysomnography - Hook Up
15:00 – 16:00 PM Tools in the evaluation of
pediatric sleep (sleep log, diary, questionnaires and wearables)
16:00– 16:15 PM Tea break
16:15– 17:00PM Pediatric NIV interfaces
17:00– 17:30 PM Q and A

DENTAL SLEEP MEDICINE WORKSHOP

Course Coordinators: Dr. Reena Kumar
Time Topic Objective of the presentation
08:30 - 09:00 AM Registration
09:00 - 09:30 AM Introduction
09:30 - 10:30 AM Understanding Sleep & Its Importance in Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea To ensure that dental surgeons understand the basics of sleep and its impact on OSA diagnosis.
10:30 – 11:10AM Diagnosis by PSG: Demonstration of PSG & Electrode Placement To familiarize practitioners with the use of PSG and proper electrode placement for accurate diagnosis of OSA
11:10– 11:20 AM Tea break
11:20– 11:30 AM Clinical Diagnosis of OSA in Dental Office To introduce phenotype and clinical signs for screening and diagnostic approaches for OSA within a dental setting.
11:30 – 12:15 PM Radiological Diagnosis of OSA (2D & 3D) To present the role of radiological tools in diagnosing OSA, focusing on 2D and 3D imaging techniques .
12:15 – 13:00 PM Importance of ENT Collaboration for Diagnosis of OSA To emphasize the need for interdisciplinary collaboration with ENT specialists for best understanding adeno-tonsillar hypertrophy and accurate diagnosis using DISE
13:00 – 13:30AM Orofacial Pain To discuss the relationship between orofacial pain and sleep disorders.
13:30 – 14:15PM  Lunch break
14:15–  14:30 PM Practice Guidelines for Oral Appliances To review guidelines for oral appliances for management of OSA in a dental practice.
14:30– 15:00 PM Oral Appliances –Myofunctional Paediatric- Orthodontics appliances in growing patients To present appliance options for paediatric and orthodontic OSA cases.
15:00 – 15:30 PM Oral Appliances – Mild to Moderate OSA in adult patients To explore the use of oral appliances for managing mild to moderate OSA effectively.
15:30 – 16:15 PM Surgical — Maxillofacial Management of OSA Surgical – Maxillofacial Management of OSA
16:15 – 16:30 PM Tea Break
16:30 – 17:00 PM OSA in geriatric and edentulous population Understand the risk factors, and physiological changes associated with OSA in elderly and edentulous patients its effects on overall health, cognitive function, and quality of life .Insight into oral appliances, prosthodontic considerations, CPAP therapy adaptations, and lifestyle modifications .
17:00 – 17:30 PM Setting Up a Dental Sleep Medicine Practice To provide practical guidance on integrating sleep medicine services into a dental practice.
17:30 – 18:00 PM Valedictory

Dr. N. RAMAKRISHNAN

Organizing Chairperson
Senior Consultant, Sleep Medicine, Apollo Hospitals,
Director, Nithra Institute of Sleep Sciences

For Registration please contact

Sleepcon 2025 Conference Secretariat
Door No. 29, Plot No. 1997, J-Block, 13th Main Road, Anna Nagar, Chennai - 600 040.
contact numbers: +91 99405 66633 / +91 90949 99955