Recent studies1 show that the results of treatment with the CPAP machine and oral appliances are similar in regard to overcoming...
Dr Harry Ball
1300 101 505Dr Harry Ball
1300 101 505Dr Ball is the immediate past chairperson of the dental sleep medicine council of the Australasian Sleep Association. He has restricted his practice to dental sleep medicine and is one of the most experienced practitioners in the world, establishing Sleepwise Clinic which has treated over 16,000 patients with oral appliance therapy.
Dr Ball has organised and presented training programs for dentists throughout Australia and New Zealand as well as in the United Kingdom, Holland, Belgium, Singapore and Malaysia. He has presented on sleep to GPs, sleep physicians as well as on behalf of the Australian Dental Association, the Australian Orthodontic society and Dental Health Services of Victoria.
Dr Ball has also been involved as a principal clinician at the Temporomandibular Disorders Pain Clinic at the Royal Melbourne Dental Hospital.
Dr Ball has organised and presented training programs for dentists throughout Australia and New Zealand as well as in the United Kingdom, Holland, Belgium, Singapore and Malaysia. He has presented on sleep to GPs, sleep physicians as well as on behalf of the Australian Dental Association, the Australian Orthodontic society and Dental Health Services of Victoria.
Dr Ball has also been involved as a principal clinician at the Temporomandibular Disorders Pain Clinic at the Royal Melbourne Dental Hospital.
Publications
Kennedy, Gerard & Ball, Harry. (2007). Power break: A brief hypnorelaxation program to reduce work-related fatigue and improve work satisfaction, productivity, and well-being. Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 35. 169-193.Most recent articles by Dr Harry Ball
Which patients are suitable for an oral appliance for snoring and sleep apnoea
Dr David Cunnington, a sleep physician, discusses with Dr Harry Ball the types of patients he refers for an oral appliance to treat...
Ineffective versus effective oral appliances for snoring and sleep apnoea
A discussion with Dr David Cunnington, a sleep physician, and Dr Harry Ball from SleepWise Clinic.
What is the range and features of state of the art oral appliances
A discussion with Dr David Cunnington, a sleep physician, and Dr Harry Ball from SleepWise Clinic.