Dental Sleep Medicine

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Oral Appliance Therapy

Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea occurs when your muscles relax during sleep, allowing the soft tissue to collapse and block the airway. As a result, sleep apnea causes you to stop breathing up to hundreds of times a night for anywhere from a few seconds to more than a minute. Snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness, memory problems, irritability, fatigue and insomnia are all signs that you could be losing shut-eye to sleep apnea. If left untreated, sleep apnea can be a potentially life threatening condition. It can increase the risk for other serious health problems such as high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, depression and impotence.

The traditionally prescribed treatment for obstructive sleep apnea is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. It involves sleeping with a face mask connected by tubing to a constantly running machine. Although CPAP is effective, up to half of patients don’t adhere to the treatment. Dentists can provide an alternate sleep solution with oral appliance therapy.

Real Solutions for Sleep Apnea and Other Breathing Disorders:

Do you know if you have any of the following conditions?

1. Loud snoring,

2. Short or Stagnant Breathing, 3. Snorting noises while sleeping.

4. Crowded and overlapping teeth

5. Developmentally abnormal upper and lower jaws

6. Fat tongue

7. Neck size of 15.5-17+ inches

If you answer “Yes” to any of the questions, you are likely suffering from Sleep Apnea.

Sleep apnea has been linked to and may worsen a number of serious medical conditions such as:

1. Hypertension,

2. Anxiety,

3. Obesity,

4. Diabetes,

5. Asthma,

6. Depression

7. Insomnia

8. ADHD

Solutions that we offer you are:

1. Diagnosis: User friendly DIY sleep study in the comfort of your home utilizing the following FDA Cleared devices 1 and/or 2

SleepImage System:

SleepImage is a Revolutionary Approach to Managing Sleep Health in Children & Adults.

FDA-cleared to:

Measure Sleep Quality
Measure Sleep Duration
Evaluate Sleep Disorders
Aid Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea
Track Sleep Disorder Treatment

SleepImage has made the complicated simple and the expensive affordable, while not sacrificing clinical accuracy with output that is actionable.

2. Treatment/Intervention Using the non-invasive Vivos DNA and mRA devices

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Vivos DNA and mRNA Appliances

Other Oral Appliance Therapy

Oral appliance therapy is an effective, non-invasive treatment option for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea that fits easily into your lifestyle. A dental oral appliance looks like a sports mouth guard and is worn only during sleep. It supports the jaw in a forward position to help maintain an open upper airway, preventing sleep apnea and snoring.

Once you have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea by a sleep physician, a dentist experienced in dental sleep medicine can make a custom-fitted oral appliance using impressions and models of your teeth. Oral appliance therapy is covered by many medical insurance plans. Patients like it because it’s comfortable, easy to wear, quiet, portable, convenient for travel and easy to clean.

Treating snoring or sleep apnea with oral appliance therapy can help you feel like a new person. You will find that your symptoms, and your quality of life, can improve dramatically when you remain committed to your treatment and use it nightly. Custom-fit oral appliances from DENTAL OFFICE can improve your sleep, restore your alertness and revitalize your health.

If you have concerns about snoring and sleep apnea, it may be time to make an appointment. If you suspect you may have sleep apnea, I can recommend a sleep physician to help get you started on your path to treatment. If you have already been diagnosed with sleep apnea, I can fit you with an oral appliance. Our team at DENTAL OFFICE is ready to answer your questions about obstructive sleep apnea, dental sleep medicine and oral appliance therapy.

Advantages of Oral Appliance Therapy

Oral appliance therapy is an effective, non-invasive treatment that fits easily into your lifestyle. Patients like oral appliance therapy because it is: