Dr. Kathryn Sudikoff, DMD
Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of the Las Vegas Institute, treating sleep-related breathing disorders and TMJ since 2004.
- Diplomate
- American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM), the field's board credential
- Fellow
- Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI), neuromuscular dentistry
- Member
- American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM)
- Treating since
- 2004, sleep-related breathing disorders and TMJ disorders
- Degree
- DMD, Boston University, 1996
Dr. Kathryn Sudikoff, DMD is the dentist who owns and practices at Dental Sleep Medicine of Charlotte, at 1315 East Blvd Unit 260 in Dilworth. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, the field's board credential, and a Fellow of the Las Vegas Institute in neuromuscular dentistry. She has treated sleep-related breathing disorders and TMJ disorders since 2004.
She treats obstructive sleep apnea with custom oral appliance therapy, and treats TMJ dysfunction and jaw pain. She does not diagnose sleep apnea; a physician does, and she treats from that diagnosis.
She built this practice around a straightforward idea: the jaw, the airway, and how you sleep are one connected system, and treating them properly takes a clinician's full attention rather than a few minutes at the end of a checkup.
Her path here
Born and raised in Australia, Dr. Sudikoff attended high school and college in Los Angeles and graduated from Occidental College. She earned her DMD from Boston University in 1996 and built a neuromuscular practice in Kennebunk, Maine, before moving to Charlotte in 2013. She has been treating sleep-related breathing disorders and TMJ problems since 2004.
Her postgraduate work has centered on neuromuscular dentistry through the Las Vegas Institute, where she is a Fellow, and on dental sleep medicine, where she holds the board credential of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.
A medical practice, not a dental one
This distinction matters to patients more than it sounds like it should. Treating obstructive sleep apnea starts from a physician's diagnosis, is billed through medical insurance and Medicare rather than dental benefits, and ends with a report back to the referring doctor. It draws on diagnostics a general office rarely has: T-Scan digital bite analysis, EMG muscle readings, and cone-beam 3D imaging that shows the joint and the airway in the same scan.
Dental Sleep Medicine of Charlotte is a separate practice from iDental Dilworth, the general and cosmetic dentistry practice Dr. Sudikoff also owns. Sleep, airway, and TMJ care happens here.
What to expect from her
Care here starts with listening and measuring before treating. You will get an explanation of what is happening and why, options in plain language, and honest coordination with the rest of your care team. If a different kind of specialist is the better answer for your situation, you will be told that.
Read more about sleep apnea care, TMJ treatment, how a first visit works, or hear patients of the practice describe their own treatment.
Meet Dr. Sudikoff.
A short introduction to how she thinks about sleep, the airway, and the jaw, filmed at the practice.
If you would rather just ask, call (704) 978-7790.
The people you will actually deal with.
Most of what makes sleep apnea treatment work is not the appliance. It is the follow-up: benefit verification before you commit, the fitting appointment, the titration visits where the device is adjusted, and the paperwork that goes back to your physician. That is this team's work.
They handle insurance verification and Medicare billing so you are not the one on hold with a claims line.
Questions people ask before they call.
What is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine?
It is the board credential in dental sleep medicine. It requires documented case experience treating sleep-disordered breathing and passing the board's examination, and it has to be maintained. It is the clearest way to tell a dentist who treats sleep apnea as a focus from one who offers appliances occasionally.
Is Dr. Sudikoff a specialist?
Not in the regulated sense, and the distinction matters. Dental sleep medicine and TMJ are not ADA-recognized dental specialties, so no dentist can be a 'specialist' in them by that definition. What she has is the board credential in dental sleep medicine, a fellowship in neuromuscular dentistry, and more than twenty years of doing only this work.
How long has she been treating sleep apnea and TMJ?
Since 2004. She earned her DMD from Boston University in 1996, built a neuromuscular practice in Kennebunk, Maine, and moved to Charlotte in 2013.
Does she take new patients, and do I need a referral?
Yes to new patients, and no to a referral. You can call the office yourself. Treatment for sleep apnea still follows a physician's diagnosis, and we help arrange testing if you have not been tested.
Is this the same practice as iDental Dilworth?
No. Dr. Sudikoff owns both, and they share an address, but they are separate businesses with separate phone numbers and separate billing. Dental Sleep Medicine of Charlotte is the medical sleep, airway, and TMJ practice and bills medical insurance. iDental Dilworth is general and cosmetic dentistry.
Will she tell me if I am not a good candidate?
That is the intent of examining and measuring before treating. Not everyone is a candidate for an oral appliance, and some jaw and dizziness symptoms belong with a physician, an ENT, or a neurologist. Being told that early is more useful than being fitted for a device that was never going to work.
Clinically reviewed by Dr. Kathryn Sudikoff, DMD, Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine.Reviewed
Talk to Dr. Sudikoff's office.
A short conversation is the fastest way to find out whether we can help. Most sleep and TMJ care here is billed to medical insurance.