If you snore when you sleep, have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, experience heart palpitations, or anxiety you may be experiencing the effects of sleep apnea.

What does this mean for you? This lack of quality sleep can leave you feeling sleepy during the day, resulting in frequent morning headaches, and feeling mentally foggy and experiencing memory loss.

To determine proper treatment, you will need to be evaluated with a high-tech monitoring system that tracks your breathing as you sleep. Once a diagnosis has been made you can be treated and finally get the sleep you deserve with dental sleep therapy.

We encourage you to work with our prosthodontists to determine if you have mild to moderate sleep apnea. With this level of sleep apnea, our custom sleep therapy oral appliance can prevent the tongue from blocking your air passage and keeping your jaw in a position to prevent airway blockage.

Dr. Taylor Goggins and Dr. Roxanna Esguerra encourage you to receive the quality sleep your body needs by calling 303-586-1019 and setting up a consultation. At Denver Restorative Dentistry in Broomfield, Colorado we look forward to protecting your oral health and your well-being!

If you wake up with frequent head pains, you may be grinding your teeth. However, people typically grind their teeth when they are asleep—which can make grinding your teeth difficult to recognize. If you have been told that you make noises when you’re sleeping, you might be grinding your pearly whites. This can actually lead to several different dental issues, such as fractured, chipped, or cracked teeth or even tooth loss.

TMJ disorder is another problem that might lead to a sore jaw. Sadly, if you have TMJ disorder, you may struggle to move your jaw. Even opening and closing your mouth can be difficult if you have TMJ disorder. This happens because your TMJ is actually the joint that attaches your jaw to your skull. Unfortunately, if you do have TMJ disorder, you could unintentionally start grinding your teeth.

A sore or a stiff TMJ may also be caused by anxious feelings. As you may know, some people clench their teeth if they’re nervous or afraid. Unfortunately, this can put extreme pressure on your TMJ. Luckily, there are a few solutions you can consider if you do clench your pearly whites. Please contact us or your doctor if you’re interested in hearing more about coping with these problems.

Would you like to hear more about how you can prevent a sore jaw or headaches in Broomfield, Colorado? If so, please give Denver Restorative Dentistry a call at 303-586-1019. Our dentists, Dr. Goggins and Dr. Esguerra, will gladly answer any questions you could have and help you keep your pearly whites healthy and strong. We’re eager to meet with you!