RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The American Association of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry will hold a symposium in Chicago on March 9, 2013, during which this organization will bring together a consortium of dentists and physicians to examine solutions to reducing sleep apnea in children while promoting healthy breathing and eating practices; and
WHEREAS, The Chicago City Council has been informed of this event by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, The American Association of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry is a multidisciplinary group formed to build a bridge between physicians, dentists, other health care practitioners and the public to provide fuller, integrated care for children and adults; and
WHEREAS, Today, there is an intensified awareness of the multiple role sleep plays in both health and disease, in both the public and professional sectors; and
WHEREAS, Less recognized, but equally important are the multiple ways in which oral pathology and dental dysfunction are frequently amplified into body disease and disability; and
WHEREAS, For these reasons, optimal diagnosis and treatment often demand the attention of both dental and medical health care professionals working together as a team guiding both diagnosis and treatment processes for the benefit of a patient; and
WHEREAS, The American Association of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry focuses on issues relating to sleep disorders, craniofacial pain, child growth and development, chronic inflammation and sports and academic performance; and
WHEREAS, This upcoming event sponsored by The American Association of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry is entitled, "The Silent Airway Problem: Its Impact on Developmental Performance and Health" and will be held at Kasbeer Hall at Loyola University, 25 East Pearson Street in Chicago; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the Mayor and the members of the Chicago City Council, assembled this twelfth day of December, 2012, do hereby commend this valued orga...
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