Snoring can be a sign of a serious medical condition called Sleep Apnea
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- Greatly decreases snoring
- Can manage sleep apnea
- Alternative to CPAP
- You and your loved ones deserve a more healthy night of sleep
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Snoring and Sleep Apnea
Snoring is a leading symptom of Sleep Apnea, a chronic disorder that can adversely affect your heart and overall health.
Sleep Apnea is a condition during which a person frequently stops breathing during sleep. With each apnea event, the brain briefly arouses people with sleep apnea in order for them to resume breathing, but consequently sleep is extremely fragmented and of poor quality.
Symptoms may include:
Excessive daytime sleepiness. Generally, patients risk falling asleep during the day while performing routine activities such as reading, watching TV, sitting inactively, lying down, or riding in a car while a passenger or stopped for a few minutes in traffic. Usually, these brief episodes of sleep do not seem to relieve their overall sense of sleepiness.
Morning headaches.
Irritability and impaired mental or emotional functioning. These types of symptoms are directly related to interrupted sleep.
Snoring. Bed partners may report very loud and interrupted snoring. Patients experience snoring associated with choking or gasps. This often occurs in a crescendo pattern with the loudest noises occurring at the very end. These findings are more likely to occur when lying down (supine position). Patients often suffer from frequent arousals during sleep because of snoring.
*Note: Symptoms differ in children (see links below for more information).
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To find out more about Sleep Apnea and convenient dental treatments, feel free to explore the following sites along with the information on this page (below) about how your dentist can treat Sleep Apnea.
It is estimated that more than 80 million people in North America snore while sleeping. While snorers often do not seem to suffer from snoring themselves (excluding Sleep Apnea Disorder), their spouses and children are often repeatedly disturbed during their sleep cycles.
Unfortunately, left untreated snoring can produce tensions and even animosity among family members. Today however, thanks to extensive research and documented effectiveness, we can prescribe an affordable, custom made, SILENT NITE™ snoring prevention device.
What Causes Snoring?
During sleep, the muscles and soft tissues in the throat and mouth relax making the breathing airway smaller. This decrease in the airway space increases the velocity of air flowing through the airway during breathing. As the velocity of required air is increased in the constricted space, soft tissues like the soft palate and the uvula vibrate. These vibrations of the soft tissues in the mouth and throat result in what is called "noisy breathing" or generally referred to as snoring. It should also be noted that sleep studies have shown that excess body weight, heavy alcohol consumption and other sedatives have been shown to increase the severity of snoring.
Surgical techniques to remove respiration pairing structures such as uvula, enlarged tonsils and adenoids have been among the many attempted snoring remedies. These soft tissue surgical procedures have shown only moderate success rates (e.g. 20 to 40%). At certain levels of severity, complete blockage of the airway space by the soft tissues and the tongue can occur. This is called Obstructive Sleep Apnea if the period of asphyxiation lasts longer than 10 seconds. Snoring treatment options range from surgery to medications to large CPAP machines. For the majority of snorers however, the most affordable, non-invasive, comfortable, and effective snoring solution remains the dentist prescribed oral snoring preventative device, such as the SILENT NITE™.
How Does The SILENT NITE™ Prevent Snoring?
Snoring research has also shown that custom fabricated dental devices worn at night that move the lower jaw into a forward position, increase the three dimensional space in the airway tube which reduces air velocity and soft tissue vibration. By increasing the volumetric capacity of the airway and preventing soft tissue vibrations, snoring is eliminated. In clinical research studies, these dentist prescribed oral devices have exhibited initial snoring prevention success rates of between 70 to 100%. This dental device is an excellent alternative to CPAP machines that treat Sleep Apnea.
The SILENT NITE™ device positions the lower jaw into a forward position by means of special connectors that are attached to transparent flexible upper & lower forms (fig 1). The forms are custom laminated with heat and pressure to the dentist's model of the mouth. The fit is excellent and comfortable.
Breathing Is Easier With A SILENT NITE™
SILENT NITE™ devices do not interfere with breathing through the mouth. Even in cases of congested nasal passages the device prevents snoring and allows uninhibited oral breathing. Small movements of the jaw (temporomandibular joint or TMJ) are possible while wearing a SILENT NITE™ device (fig 2). This movement potential helps minimize stiffness in the joints of the jaw in the morning. The SILENT NITE™ device may give the user a slight sensation of the jaws being out of alignment upon wakening. This feeling is due to lymphatic fluid build up in the jaw joint that occurs overnight and will rapidly subside in minutes. SILENT NITE™ devices help promote deeper, more restful sleep by preventing snoring.
More Restful Sleep May Be In Your Future
We have a simple take-home checklist that when filled out with your partner will help determine the exact design of your SILENT NITE™. Ask us for a copy and fill it out tonight. We will be able to advise you whether this device could help you or your loved ones obtain better, more healthful sleep.
Silent Night Snoring Prevention
Silent Nite Brochure
The following brochure details the Silent Nite System and how it can help snorers.
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