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Dental Sleep Medicine
Dr. Christiana Lee has been practicing Dental Sleep Medicine since 2016 and is a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.
Nearly 54 million adults in the U.S. have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a chronic condition that occurs when your muscles relax during sleep, allowing soft tissue to collapse and block the airway. This can cause you to stop breathing hundreds of times per night for anywhere from a few seconds to more than a minute at a time. These breathing pauses are followed by brief awakenings that disturb your sleep. It often causes excessive daytime sleepiness and fatigue, as well as morning headaches and memory loss and has been linked to serious health problems.
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Snoring: Why it Should Be Taken Seriously
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Snoring is more than just a sound that occurs during sleep. It is a medical disease that should be diagnosed by a doctor and then treated. Snoring has been associated with sleep deprivation, daytime drowsiness, irritability, lack of focus and decreased libido. Loud snoring has been associated with increased risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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Oral appliance therapy (OAT) is a clinically proven treatment for millions of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring. OAT is far less cumbersome than traditional CPAP therapy because OAT devices are easy to use, comfortable, noise-free, portable, and do not require electricity or distilled water. Patient satisfaction and compliance are significantly higher with OAT than CPAP. OAT devices are custom-made, covered by most health insurance plans, and delivered and adjusted by a qualified dentist trained to ensure proper fit and maximum effectiveness.
Do you snore or have sleep apnea? Try Oral appliance therapy
Your family may joke about your snoring or how you can fall asleep anytime, anywhere.
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And maybe you feel silly talking to your physician about it. But snoring and constant sleepiness could be signs you have obstructive sleep apnea or OSA.
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If you snore, choke, or gasp in your sleep, wake up frequently at night to go to the bathroom, feel unrefreshed in the morning and tired throughout the day, suffer from morning headaches, or have difficulty focusing and remembering things — talk to your physician about OSA and ask if Oral Appliance Therapy is right for you.
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Learn more about Oral Appliances here.
Try OAT: Proven treatment for snoring and sleep apnea
If you know you have to do something about your sleep apnea,
but the thought of using a CPAP machine makes you lose even more sleep,
ask your doctor about Oral Appliance Therapy.
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Provided by qualified dentists, Oral Appliances are custom-fit, mouthguard-like devices worn while you sleep.
They keep your airway open and unobstructed by supporting your jaw in a forward position allowing you to breathe easy and sleep well.
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Even better - they’re easy to use, portable, quiet, comfortable, and far less cumbersome than a CPAP.
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Learn more about Oral Appliances here.