Stop Snoring - Control Sleep Apnea - Alternative to CPAP

What can a small dental appliance do for you?

Ensure a good night's sleep for your bed partner and ensure that you spend the night in the same room
Help prevent heart disease, sudden cardiac death, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, depression, memory loss and even erectile dysfunction
Help prevent driving and work-related accidents caused by the excessive daytime sleepiness related to sleep apnea
Provide an alternative for the 25 - 50% of people with sleep apnea who cannot tolerate or would rather not use a CPAP device

To find out if oral appliance therapy is right for you, contact a Quietsleep dentist today.

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SNORING:

Almost half of adults snore. And the problem is worse with overweight persons.

What Makes the Snoring Noise?

Snoring occurs when there is a partial obstruction to the free flow of air through the mouth and nose. The sound occurs when loose structures in the throat, like the uvula and soft palate, vibrate as air passes over them.

Snoring can get worse when the muscles in the back of the throat are too relaxed either from drugs that induce sleep or alcohol consumption.

Medical

Snoring can be serious both socially and medically.

Snoring & Relationships

Snoring can disrupt marriages and cause sleepless nights for bed partners.

Snoring & Health

Medically, snoring can be the precursor of obstructive sleep apnea that has been linked to heart failure, high blood pressure and stroke. In its own right, snoring has been linked to Type II Diabetes. Sleep apnea usually interrupts loud snoring with a period of silence in which no air passes into the lungs. eventually the lack of oxygen and the increase carbon dioxide will awaken you forcing the airway to open with a loud gasp.

Heavy Snoring & Heart Disease

Heavy snorers are also more likely to suffer a heart attack while asleep than non-snorers. Blood pressure changes caused by snoring may lead to blockage of the coronary arteries and increase the risk of heart disease.

Sleep medicine dentists can control snoring with an oral appliance.

SLEEP APNEA :

Drowsy driving

A Canadian study reported that people with sleep apnea are twice as likely to be in a car crash. They reported that even people with fairly mild sleep apnea had an increased risk of serious crashes.The truckers's associations are informing truck drivers of sleep apnea's seriousness.

Medically, sleep apnea is associated with:

Hypertension
Heart Failure
Coronary occlusion
High blood pressure
Heart beat irregularity
Stroke
Diabetes
Erectile dysfunction
Mental impairment
Depression
Obesity
Increased risk of sudden cardiac death during sleep hours

Impact of sleep apnea on the economy

25 million American suffer from sleep apnea. Of these 200,000 each year are involved in Motor Vehicle Accidents because of sleepiness problems. 38,000 die each year from complications of sleep apnea (i.e. heart attack, stroke etc.)

Cost of health care for sleep apnea patients in the ER or ICU is in excess of $50,000 per patient. The total estimated cost in the United States alone is $ 1.9 billion.

Productivity ratio is at least 10% less in people who suffer from sleep apnea.
That is estimated to costs the US economy $ 75 billion each year

(Statistics are estimates by the American Sleep Apnea Association)

Although there is no dental cure for snoring or sleep apnea, an oral appliance can hold the airway in the back of the throat open during sleep and prevent collapse.

Sleep apnea can be controlled by a sleep medicine dentist who provides oral appliance therapy.

ORAL APPLIANCES:

Custom oral appliances for snoring and sleep apnea. Oral appliances are NOT available over-the-counter in the United States - the only way an appliance is available is by prescription from your physician and construction by your dentist. For more information about oral appliances, visit our oral appliance page.

Dentists who have been educated in sleep medicine can use these appliances effectively.

SLEEP NEWS:

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:56:22

New Hope for Men Troubled with Sleep Apnea and Snoring

Widely recognized evidence supports the fact that Obstructive Sleep Apnea is a very serious health risk primarily afflicting men over the age of forty, yet 80 to 90 percent of cases go undiagnosed except for the telltale symptoms of chronic fatigue and snoring. Precision diagnosis and recent developments in FDA-approved mouthpiece technology can now provide an unprecedented 78 percent reduction of the condition without surgery, and offer for the first time an effective and convenient alternative for those intolerant to using the frequently prescribed but highly rejected Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapy.....Continue

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:57:58

Confusing guidelines on sleep apnea shared frustration, says sleep doc

It’s not only truckers who are frustrated by the “combination of confusing guidelines” on sleep apnea testing and treatment, said a sleep doctor Monday night during a call-in discussion with truckers on the subject.....Continue

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:14:32

Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Case Study

Obstructive sleep apnea is a potentially life-threatening condition seen in millions of men and women. This condition is typically characterized by loud snoring, cessation of air flow during sleep and daytime sleepiness. The following is a case study of a patient suspected of having this disorder. ....Continue

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:07:25

Sleep disorder symptoms

You wake up to the alarm clock only to spend an extra 10 minutes in bed. Then you reluctantly drag yourself to the breakfast table to have your fix of coffee—the first of many for the day.....Continue

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:58:23

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Underestimated in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

Obstructive sleep apnea is a frequent comorbidity in patients with atrial fibrillation, and polysomnography should be used to diagnose it. Portable diagnostic methods underestimate the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea in these patients, according to research presented here at SLEEP 2010: Associated Professional Sleep Societies 24th Annual Meeting.....Continue