sleep apnea | Denver Restorative Dentistry https://www.denverrestorativedentistry.com Fri, 09 Jun 2017 23:26:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Dental Sleep Therapy Can Help You Get the Sleep You Deserve https://www.denverrestorativedentistry.com/dental-sleep-therapy-can-help-you-get-the-sleep-you-deserve/ Fri, 09 Jun 2017 23:26:15 +0000 https://www.denverrestorativedentistry.com/?p=389 Do you have the signs of a sleep disorder known as sleep apnea? Sleep apnea manifests in the cessation of breathing for ten seconds or longer at a time as you sleep. If this condition is undiagnosed and untreated, not only can it prevent you from getting a good night’s sleep, but it can also [...]

The post Dental Sleep Therapy Can Help You Get the Sleep You Deserve first appeared on Denver Restorative Dentistry.]]> Do you have the signs of a sleep disorder known as sleep apnea? Sleep apnea manifests in the cessation of breathing for ten seconds or longer at a time as you sleep. If this condition is undiagnosed and untreated, not only can it prevent you from getting a good night’s sleep, but it can also lead to other long-term illness including high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke.

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!

 

The post Dental Sleep Therapy Can Help You Get the Sleep You Deserve first appeared on Denver Restorative Dentistry.]]> Have You Been Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea? https://www.denverrestorativedentistry.com/have-you-been-diagnosed-with-sleep-apnea/ Fri, 24 Feb 2017 22:11:28 +0000 https://www.denverrestorativedentistry.com/?p=322 Did you know that sleep apnea often causes snoring, but conversely, snoring does not always indicate sleep apnea? Due to its difficulty being diagnosed as we often fail to consciously wake up when it affects us, sleep apnea can go untreated for years. Getting checked for sleep apnea is important though because it can cause [...]

The post Have You Been Diagnosed with Sleep Apnea? first appeared on Denver Restorative Dentistry.]]> Did you know that sleep apnea often causes snoring, but conversely, snoring does not always indicate sleep apnea? Due to its difficulty being diagnosed as we often fail to consciously wake up when it affects us, sleep apnea can go untreated for years. Getting checked for sleep apnea is important though because it can cause a variety of health issues including irregular heartbeats, stroke, and even heart attacks.

Have you been diagnosed with sleep apnea? If so, here are some treatment methods:

– Your sleeping traditions could be a contributing factor to your sleep apnea. The direction in which you sleep and how much you toss and turn at nights could affect, cause, or contribute to the sleep disorder.

– If you have sleep apnea, there are services that can open your airway, including a CPAP, also called a continuous positive air pressure device, which can open airways through your nasal passages.

– There are oral health care treatments for sleep apnea that can keep your airway open as you sleep.

– There are surgical treatments which can be used to prevent sleep apnea from occurring.

There are two types of sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea, which is produced by a blockage in the airway, and central sleep apnea, which is caused by failed signals from your brain to your breathing muscles. If you are in need of a treatment for sleep apnea, our Denver Restorative Dentistry team in Broomfield, Colorado can help. 

To schedule a visit with our prosthodontists, Dr. Goggins or Dr. Esguerra, please call 303-586-1019 today to schedule a consultation. We are pleased to provide dental sleep therapy to help you get the sleep you deserve!

 

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