About the Site Author
Larry Barsh, DMD is a retired dentist who, since his retirement in 1997, has been developing web sites commercially for the dental profession. He is Founder and President of Quietsleep® and Snoring Isn't Sexy®, LLC (snoringisntsexy.com) and has written three books on marketing dentistry: Web Sites That Work, Make It Easy for Me and Wake Up Your Practice with Sleepy Patients.
Dr. Barsh has been involved with dental sleep medicine since the early 1990s. He has lectured to the students at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and at dental meetings in the United States and abroad on dentistry's role in the recognition and management of sleep breathing disorders and on oral appliance therapy. He has published numerous articles in both trade and scientific journals on dental sleep medicine. Dr. Barsh is currently on the Editorial Board of the journal Sleep and Breathing.
During his career, Dr. Barsh was Assistant Clinical Professor of Operative Dentistry and Assistant Clinical Professor of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He published numerous scientific articles and lectured in the United States and abroad on various subjects in dentistry and authored a text entitled Dental Treatment Planning for the Adult Patient that was incorporated into the curriculum at several dental schools. He also hosted a radio call-in show in Boston.
Education:
Boston University
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Oral Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Licensure:
Massachusetts License No. 9515 (retired)
New York License No. 046269-1 (retired)
Academic Appointments :
Former Assistant Clinical Professor in Operative Dentistry Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Former Assistant Clinical Professor in Oral Diagnosis and Radiology Harvard School of Dental Medicine
MEMBERSHIPS (at one time or another):
American Dental Association
Massachusetts Dental Association
Metropolitan District Dental Society
Fellow, International College of Dentists
American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
Academy of Osseointegration
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
Academy for Sports Dentistry
American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
American Sleep Disorders Society
Massachusetts Society of Sleep Breathing Disorders
American Sleep Apnea Association
Academy of General Dentistry
OKU
Offices and Committee Assignments in Porfessional Societies:
1975 - 1976 Harvard Dental Alumni Association, President Elect
1976 - 1977 Harvard Dental Alumni Association, President
1975 - 1976 Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Vice President
1976 - 1977 Omicron Kappa Upsilon, President Elect
1977 - 1978 Omicron Kappa Upsilon , President 1978
1979 Chairman, Art and Hobby Section, Yankee Dental Congress
1978 - 1979 Sub-chairman, Council on Dental Education Massachusetts Dental Society
1979 - 1980 Chairman, Council on Dental Education Massachusetts Dental Society
1979 - 1980 Chairman, Scientific Program, Annual Session Massachusetts Dental Society
1981 Dental Practice Committee Massachusetts Dental Society
1986 - 1987 Board of Directors, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
1986-1987 Chairman, Fellowship Committee, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
January,1987 Presiding Chairman, Yankee Dental Congress October,
1987 -1992 Evaluator, Clinical Research Associates, Provo Utah
1991- 1997 Editor, SDDS Report
1991 - 1997 Executive Board, Sleep Disorders Dental Society
1994 - 1995 Scientific Program Chairman, Annual Meeting Sleep Disorders Dental Society Boston, MA, June 3-5, 1994 Nashville TN June 2-4,1995
1993 -1995 Board of Directors, American Sleep Apnea Associatio
1991- 1996 Dental Consultant, New England Independent Medical Exams
1994 -1996 Dental Consultant, The Physician's Network
1994- 1995 Program Chairman, Sleep Disorders Dental Society, Boston, Nashville
1995- 1996 President-Elect, Sleep Disorders Dental Society
1996- 1997 President, Sleep Disorders Dental Society
1997- Present Past-President, Sleep Disorders Dental Society
1998- 2000 Editorial Board, Medicine on the Net
2000- Present Editorial Board, Sleep and Breathing
Publications:
Molluscum Contagiosum of the Oral Mucosa ,Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery, and Oral Pathology 22:42-46, 1966
Pin Retained Amalgam Restorations. Journal of the Academy of General Dentistry 19: 5, September, 1971
Storage and Filing of Color Slides in the Dental Office Journal of the Academy of General Dentistry 20: 4, 24-25,July, 1972
Dental Treatment Planning for the Adult Patient W.B.Saunders Co., 1981 Barsh, Laurence I.
Silver/Mercury Dental Amalgam - Safe or Toxic? Res Ipsa Loquitor Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society,Fall, 1985 Vol. 34, No.
Barsh, Laurence I. Dental Treatment Planning for the Adult Patient:Osseointegrated Dental Implants Journal of the Massachusetts Dental Society, Winter,1988 Vol. 37, No. 1, pp 23-33
Barsh, Laurence I. Edentulism, Dental Implants and the Facial Plastic Surgeon The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, September, 1988 Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 211-217
Barsh, Laurence I. Dental Implants: Solving the Problems of Edentulism Aging Network News, January 1989 Volume V, Number 9, p1
Barsh, Laurence I. Dental Implants Aid Victims of Oral Injury Lawyer's Weekly, June 12, 1989 Vol. 17, No. 38 Attorney's Guide to Expert Witnesses, p 6
Barsh, Laurence I. Dental Trauma: The Hidden Injury Lawyers Monthly: Guide to Experts December, 1989
The Dental Art Can Remedy the Ill, Restore Her Hopes and Make Her Lovely Still" The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1990
The Dentist's Role in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing" Louisiana State Dental Association Journal Winter, 1994
Barsh, Laurence I. Dentistry's Role in Recognition and Treatment of Snoring and Sleep Apnea Compendium, Volume 17(5) 490-500 May 1996
Barsh, Laurence I. The dentist's role in diagnosis and therapy Journal of New Jersey Dental Association Volume 68, (3) 37-38, 80 , Summer 1997
* Dentistry's Role in the Recognition and Treatment of Sleep-Breathing Disorders: The need for cooperation with the Medical Community California Dental Association Journal Vol. 26 (8) 591-598, Aug. 1998
Ask the Dentist A2Zzzzzz, Newsletter of the Association of Polysomnographic Technologists Volume 6 (3) Fall 1998
Resistance is Futile The Advertising Dentist Volume 1(3) 6, September 1998
Dentistry's Role in Sleep-Breathing Disorders The Farran Report October 1998
Web based medical marketing, five easy pieces Medicine on the Net Vol. 4 (11) 9-10, November 1998
Dental Web Sites that Work Dental Economics December 1998 82-85,106
Dental Web Sites that Work The Farran Report February, 1999
Clinician's Comments: Providing therapy for snoring and sleep apnea Part 1 and Part 2, Dental Products Report February, March 1999
The Origin of Pharyngeal Obstruction during Sleep Sleep and Breathing Vol 3, No. 1
Dental Web Sites That Work: A practical guide to the design and development of dental practice web sites that will increase new patient flow, ensure current patient loyalty and ADD TO YOUR BOTTOM LINE, 2004
Make It Easy For Me: A guide to dental web site usability, 2004
Web Sites for Sleep Practices November 2004
Wake Up Your Practice with Sleepy Patients, 2005
Lectures:
Dr. Barsh has lectured nationally and internationally on dental treatment planning, dental photography, restorative dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, dental implantology and dental sleep medicine.
Miscellaneous:
Dr. Barsh has also appeared on numerous radio and televsion shows, hosted his own radio show on WBZ Radio in Boston, and freelance photographer for the Boston Globe, Court Tv and the Jane Pauley Show. His photographs have been published in People, Variety, Rolling Stone and Star.
Authorship:
Dr. Barsh is responsible for all content at SnoringIsntSexy.com based on research listed at the reference page, other scientific documentation and information presented at professional meetings. Information on subdomains was provided by Dr. Barsh and altered by the doctor whose site it is.
