Why do I Stop Breathing During My Sleep - Sleep Apnea Treatment in Anaheim
- 10 years ago
Dr. Burrell, an orthodontist at 7 Day Dental in Anaheim (http://www.7daydental.com/), talks about treating sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition that causes the
patient to stop breathing while they are sleeping. Their tongue muscles relax and their tongue falls back into the throat and they stop breathing.5, 10, 20 or 50 times per hour. People with sleep apnea are more likely to die from strokes, heart attack, or other severe medical conditions. One of the ways to treat it is using a CPAP machine. This is a mask that you wear while sleeping with a hose that connects into a machine that blows air into your nose all night long. It keeps your airway open so you continue to breathe. It's not fun wearing one of those. Sometimes you have no choice, but a lot of people don't use it. What dentists do is use an alternative treatment. It's a mouthpiece device. There are different kinds. One is a jaw positioning device that brings your jaw forward to keeps your tongue from falling back into your throat. There's another one that keeps your tongue from falling back but it
doesn't move your jaw forward. So, dentists have some alternative treatments to the CPAP machine. If you think you might have sleep apnea, you need to get it evaluated and treated.
Give us a call (866) 856-4335 and we can arrange a sleep study to determine if you have do have sleep apnea or visit
http://www.7daydental.com to learn more.
patient to stop breathing while they are sleeping. Their tongue muscles relax and their tongue falls back into the throat and they stop breathing.5, 10, 20 or 50 times per hour. People with sleep apnea are more likely to die from strokes, heart attack, or other severe medical conditions. One of the ways to treat it is using a CPAP machine. This is a mask that you wear while sleeping with a hose that connects into a machine that blows air into your nose all night long. It keeps your airway open so you continue to breathe. It's not fun wearing one of those. Sometimes you have no choice, but a lot of people don't use it. What dentists do is use an alternative treatment. It's a mouthpiece device. There are different kinds. One is a jaw positioning device that brings your jaw forward to keeps your tongue from falling back into your throat. There's another one that keeps your tongue from falling back but it
doesn't move your jaw forward. So, dentists have some alternative treatments to the CPAP machine. If you think you might have sleep apnea, you need to get it evaluated and treated.
Give us a call (866) 856-4335 and we can arrange a sleep study to determine if you have do have sleep apnea or visit
http://www.7daydental.com to learn more.