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Sleep medicine is a specialty in the medical profession. Typically a physician who has been trained and certified by a specialty board in medicine and limits their medical practice to the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.

Dr. Sal Aragona reviewed this

43 year experience in Dentistry

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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