Hildebran, NC Dentist
Offers Oral Appliance
Therapy For Sleep
Apnea Treatment
Are you struggling to achieve restful sleep due to
sleep apnea?
John Fish, DDS has the
treatment you need!
The dentist’s newly launched oral appliance therapy (OAT) is a
proven effective solution for diagnosed mild to moderate obstructive
sleep apnea.
This treatment is ideal for you if you
don’t see CPAP (continuous positive
airway pressure) masks as a viable
form of therapy for your specific
needs.
This service provides an alternative to CPAP that allows you to
experience more comfortable sleep. The oral appliance is a
mouthpiece that you put on before bed.
It functions by shifting your lower
jaw to the front in order to provide
more room for the soft tissues of
your throat and open up your
airway.
Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder that affects roughly 22 million people in
the United States. It can cause your breathing to become interrupted for
up to 30 seconds at a time.
If left untreated, this disorder can lead
to several health problems, including
high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes,
heart failure, and heart attacks.
Some of the most common side effects patients experience include
snoring, daytime drowsiness, restless nights, waking up to a choking
sensation, dry mouth, sore throat, difficulty focusing, and anxiety.
Although CPAP is the most
common form of treatment, many
patients express that they feel
uncomfortable and that the
machine is too loud.
Oral appliance therapy, on the other hand, offers you many benefits including
ease of wear, comfort, silence, being simple to clean, and also allowing you to
consume food or drink while wearing it.
This solution has superior compliance
rates when compared to CPAP and
works effectively to reduce sleep
apnea symptoms while providing you
with more restful sleep.
Click on the link in the description to find out more!