If you snore on a nightly basis and struggle with daytime exhaustion, this could be due to a serious disorder known as sleep apnea. To help you feel more rested and avoid stress on your heart health, immune system, and memory, we can offer sleep apnea treatment. In today’s blog, your Maple Grove, MN, dentist talks about snoring and sleep apnea treatment options!
The Impact of Snoring and Sleep Apnea
When someone suffers from obstructive sleep apnea, this means that while they rest soft tissues in the back of the throat and in the rear of the mouth collapse and cut off airflow. You stop breathing, often several times a night. Even though this only happens for seconds, it is enough to interrupt your REM sleep and leave you feeling exhausted the next day. Snoring is a common warning sign, as is moodiness, trouble focusing on tasks at work or school, headaches, dry mouth, issues with memory.
Over time, the stress on your body from poor rest could mean a weakened immune system and a higher likelihood of regular illness. The stress on your heart could leave you vulnerable to heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attack.
Creating an Oral Appliance
If you struggle with snoring and daytime drowsiness, then see our team for a diagnosis. If we find that you have sleep apnea, we could offer relief with a custom oral appliance instead of a CPAP machine. Our team will take detailed images and impressions of your bite and use these to design and custom-fit an appliance that will fit like a mouthguard. Worn while you sleep, this will help shift your jaw to keep airways open and free of obstruction. You then feel more rested! The appliance is easy to use and clean, and can travel with you during the holidays.
Better Home Habits
We can also discuss better sleep habits too! For example, you can go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, and try to stay away from screens in the hour before bed. Try to avoid exercise, large meals, and caffeine right before bed, as well as too much alcohol. Rest on your side instead of your back! These actions can help you rest easy. If you have any questions about how to sleep better at night, then contact our team today to learn more. You can see us now and use your remaining 2025 dental insurance benefits and your remaining health savings account funds before they expire at the end of the year!
Elm Creek Dental Provides Better Sleep
We would like to help you rest easier and feel more alert and refreshed each day. To find out more about oral appliance therapy, call Elm Creek Dental in Maple Grove, MN, today at 763-416-0606.