Many chronic health conditions in overweight individuals, including obstructive sleep apnea, can be improved if the afflicted individual adopts a healthier weight. Patients who do not have apnea but snore…
Long term weight loss can have a significant impact on patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common but serious sleep disorder. Weight maintenance is also of importance when…
Professional oral appliance therapy remains a great option in treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), snoring and Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome (UARS). Today, let’s discuss how to know if your device…
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Most conventional treatments for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) and snoring include lifestyle modifications, CPAP therapy, and oral appliance therapy. Today, let’s explore if playing select…
How effective are sleep apnea mouthguards when compared to CPAP therapy? Here we review the current information comparing the effectiveness of CPAP therapy and custom dental apnea mouthguards, a well-researched…
If you have been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and having difficulties with CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) therapy, custom dental sleep mouthguards may be your best solution to treating…
To help patients and the medical community embrace oral appliance therapy as a treatment option for snoring and apnea, we’ll be sharing real patient outcomes. This month’s case highlights a…
So you’ve been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). You’ve received a night-time breathing device – CPAP, (continuous positive airway pressure). You’ve made it this far. Yet, you are still…
Sleep apnea is a common yet serious sleep breathing disorder in which a person stops breathing or has lowered blood oxygen levels repeatedly through the night. In addition to being…
By treating sleep apnea and snoring patients for over two decades now, I have noticed there are certain characteristics of patients who have been very successful with wearing sleep apnea…
Patients and physicians working in the world of sleep disorders often ask this question: Can a person be prescribed an oral sleep apnea mouth guard if they have dental implants?…