Dr. Tanya Al-Talib (Dental) has been elected as director-at-large for the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine – an independent, self-designated, nonprofit testing organization of dentists who treat snoring and obstructive sleep apnea with oral appliance therapy. The board’s purpose is to test knowledge and clinical proficiency in dental sleep medicine, which includes oral appliances and upper airway surgery to treat sleep-related breathing disorders such as snoring, upper airway resistance syndrome, and obstructive sleep apnea. Al-Talib begins her two-year term June 1.