The latest solution to treat sleep apnea comes in the form of a simple oral appliance prescribed by your doctor and constructed by your dentist. It is a non-invasive treatment, so no dental surgery is required. You are simply custom fitted by the skilled hands of your dentist. This therapy is medically and dentally safe and effective as a means to treat the disease of sleep apnea.
We treat sleep apnea patients in Newport News and Hampton Virginia via the custom construct of what looks and feels much like the common athletic mouth guard. Unlike the sports mouthguard, this custom made device is adjustable by the patient to move the jaw forward as required and just enough to fully open the patient's airway.
Realize that you do have an option to that noisy and uncomfortable CPAP machine. Realize that you do have the option of freedom of movement in the bed. Realize also that although the CPAP industry is huge and influential, there is zero reason why you and your doctor should not discuss and test if a dental device is a good option to treat your sleep apnea. In the vast majority of cases it is!
To find out more about the available dental solutions to treat sleep apnea, contact Oyster Point Dentistry.
