About Dr. Angela Planer

Dr. Planer graduated from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry. After completing her training, she was employed by the University of Iowa College of Dentistry Special Care Department. She then moved to Chicago where she has practiced since 2000. Her clinical interests include treatment of Sleep Disorder Breathing, Pediatric Sleep Apnea, Temporomandibular Dysfunction, Orthopedic Orthodontia, and Aesthetic Dentistry.

Dr. Planer is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. She is an active member of several other organizations:

• American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
• Illinois Sleep Society
• Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
• American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry
• American Academy of Craniofacial Pain
• International Association of Orthodontics
• North American Association of Facial Orthotropics
• American Dental Association

Dr. Planer served as a director on the board of the Illinois Sleep Society from April 2012 to 2014, and she is currently working toward her Fellowship from the International Association of Orthodontics.

Dr. Planer became interested in taking an active role in screening and treating her patients in these multifactorial disciplines after attending several seminars focusing on airway and orthopedic developmental. Due to the complexity of proper diagnosis, Dr. Planer works with a team that includes a sleep specialist, an orofacial myofunctional therapist, an ENT, an oral surgeon, a chiropractor, a massage therapist, and a physical therapist to ensure that her patients receive optimal care.

Beginning in 2004, Dr. Planer became interested in taking an active role in screening and treating her patients in these multifactorial disciplines after attending several seminars focusing on airway and orthopedic developmental. Due to the complexity of proper diagnosis, Dr. Planer works in conjunction with a team that includes a sleep specialist, orofacial myofunctional therapist, an ENT, an oral surgeon, a chiropractor, massage therapist, and a physical therapist to ensure that her patients receive optimal care.

In 2014, Dr. Angela Planer’s passion for a helping patients suffering from airway and jaw issues, lead to the opening of a dedicated practice, Naper Dental Sleep Center. This accredited dental sleep center focused on the many aspects of a person’s jaw and airway and how it relates to many health issues like Sleep Apnea, TMJ, Chronic headaches as well as many other ailments which have a direct link to these items. Dr. Planer’s extensive knowledge in the airway, orthodontia development and jaw location provides a holistic view of a person. This allows her to treat a patient with multiple disciplines instead of taking a one view approach.