Zombie Nation: 40M have undiagnosed sleep apnea. What gives? | with Dr. Erin Elliott

Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, DMD, is the chief editor of Dental Economics. Based in Salem, Massachusetts, Dr. Maragliano-Muniz began her clinical career as a dental hygienist. She went on to attend Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, where she earned her doctorate in dental medicine. She then attended the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Dental Medicine, where she became board-certified in prosthodontics. Dr. Maragliano-Muniz owns a private practice, Salem Dental Arts, and lectures on a variety of clinical topics. You may contact her at [email protected]. 

As seen on The Doctors, David R. Rice, DDS, chief editor of DentistryIQ and founder of igniteDDS, the nation’s largest new dentist and student community, travels the world speaking, writing, and connecting today’s top young dentists with tomorrow’s most successful dental practices. He leads a team-centered, restorative and implant practice in East Amherst, New York. With 28 years of practice in the books, he’s trained at the Pankey Institute, the Dawson Academy, Spear Education, and most prolifically at the school of hard knocks.

Updated February 7, 2024

Erin Elliott, DDS, DASBA, is a native of Southern California. She left for Western New York to play collegiate soccer at Houghton College, where she graduated summa cum laude. After graduating from Creighton University School of Dental Medicine in the top five of her class, she began her general dentistry career in North Idaho. Dr. Elliott has a special interest in dental sleep medicine, which comprises a large part of her practice. She has lectured extensively on this topic and loves to help general dentists extend this lifesaving service to their patients. She is an active member of the Idaho State Dental Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, and is the past president and a diplomate of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy. In addition to speaking to study clubs and at dental meetings, Dr. Elliott teaches a two-day sleep apnea course at 3D Dentists in Raleigh, North Carolina, with Tarun Agarwal, DDS, as well as privately coaches practices about sleep medicine. You may contact Dr. Elliott at [email protected].

Read Dr. Elliott's DE Editorial Advisory Board profile here.