Many people are affected by snoring and/or sleep apnea. They may experience fatigue, anxiety from snoring, interrupted sleep, or CPAP intolerance. Not to mention the strain on a relationship when one partner snores throughout the night. Our office offers solutions for grinding and/or clenching, limit snoring during the night and this potentially serious condition of sleep apnea, changing lives and offering better health.
Sleep disturbances can be caused from grinding and/or clenching your teeth, snoring and even the serious condition of obstructive sleep apnea. It’s first of all important to truly understand the medical risks associated with untreated sleep disordered breathing, particularly obstructive sleep apnea. Of those who snore, one in 7 experience significant obstructive sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea means you stop breathing, sometimes for more than 2 minutes, and in severe cases over 100 times per hour! The level of oxygen carried in the bloodstream falls to dangerously low levels with a correspondingly dangerous increase in carbon dioxide. Your sleep is disrupted, and, in order to compensate, harmful changes take place in your blood vessels, organs and brain.