Approximately 80% of people with Obstructive Sleep Apnea are still undiagnosed. Obstructive Sleep Apnea increases your risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, cognitive impairment, and depression.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea happens when the airway completely or partially collapse during sleep causing interruptions of normal airflow and breathing. These interruptions manifest as snoring and/or gasping and cause decreased oxygenation to the body and brain. Instead of experiencing refreshing and rejuvenating sleep, people suffering with OSA have the opposite effect and wake up tired and feeling unrefreshed. San Francisco Dental Sleep Medicine is committed to helping patients with both diagnostics and treatment of OSA with dental Oral Appliances so that they can live longer, healthier and more vibrant lives.
Oral Appliances are the most popular CPAP alternative available, so if you tried CPAP and could not tolerate it, Oral Appliance Therapy might be the best option for you to treat your sleep apnea.
If you snore regularly, wake up frequently, toss and turn during the night, experience night sweats, or are always tired during the day, then you may be suffering from Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea is a sleep related breathing disorder caused by interruptions in normal breathing during sleep. These interruptions can manifest as snoring or actual pauses in breathing. A sleep test in needed to determine how many breathing interruption events are happening per hour and whether they are numerous enough to be diagnosed as s ...
Sleep apnea puts tremendous strain on the cardiovascular system because of oxygen desaturation and a combination heart-rate and blood-pressure spikes that typically accompany interrupted breathing. Interruptions in breathing can be caused by the airway fully or partially collapsing while sleeping. Partial collapses manifest as snoring and full coll ...
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a potentially life-threatening disorder that causes the airway to collapse either completely or partially, interrupting normal breathing during sleep and thus your ability to get oxygen to the brain and body.
Snoring is the most common symptom of OSA and should be taken very seriously. Snoring blocks normal airflow ...
The continuum of sleep-related breathing disorders: from Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome to Obstructive Sleep Apnea
There is a range of severity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, ranging from mild to severe which based on how many airflow interruptions a person experiences per hour. Obstructive Sleep Apnea is also a progressive disorder that generally ...
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy is the treatment of Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders. These disorders range from postural and functional disorders, including sucking habits in children, inappropriate oral postures, breathing patters such as mouth breathing, and dysfunctions involving the muscles of the tongue, lips, jaw, and face that can occur i ...