{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Sleep Matters Podcast","title":"So What? Now What? Why Sleep Matters with Dr. Erin Elliott & Jason Tierney","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2557,"description":"In this episode, the co-hosts take a step back and tell you who they are, how they got here, and why Sleep Matters.\nJason's path into dental sleep started nearly 20 years ago at a large dental lab. Early demand for snore devices sent him down a rabbit hole that never ended — device inventors, sleep labs, key opinion leaders, CE courses, software, publishing, and eventually Transform Dental Sleep, an annual meeting built around one core idea: practical education that actually works in the real world.\nErin's story is even better. From Orange County to Houghton College to Creighton Dental School to a practice in Post Falls, Idaho — she heard a sleep physician and Dr. Jamison Spencer speak at the Idaho State Dental meeting and it clicked. Even after a consultant told her \"this doesn't work,\" she pushed forward. She figured out medical billing, built sleep into her practice from the ground up, and eventually started teaching other dentists how to do the same.\nThis episode sets the tone for everything the show is building: honest stories, real implementation, and a simple filter applied to every conversation — So what? Now what?\nWhat's on the Menu\nWho they are and how they got here — Jason's path through dental labs, devices, and education; Erin's path through dental school and a practice in Idaho\nWhy sleep matters — Drowsy driving, sleep deprivation, and why this field is bigger than most dentists realize\nTransform Dental Sleep — What it is, why Jason built it, and what makes it different\nErin's lightbulb moment — The state dental meeting that changed her dental career\nReal-world implementation — Medical billing, home sleep testing, physician relationships, and making it work in an actual practice\nThe \"So what? Now what?\" framework — The filter Jason and Erin apply to every guest and topic on the show\nBuilding a career worth having — Why dental sleep medicine can make dentistry more rewarding and more sustainable\nClinical Concepts & Terminology\nDental Sleep Medicine —...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/52Qaaw05xuFHPCIyraqjh64o9mT1jbe9VlOf6cHLHwE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zMzg4/ZGE2MTI3YzQwNTcw/ZTRjYjBkNjBkZTZl/NTEyOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}