There are many people that experience symptoms when they first wake up—but from what? Morning headaches, extreme fatigue, and the inability to focus can plague anyone’s day and undermine their overall quality of life.

Luckily, your dentist can help you with sleep apnea treatment. In fact, there are two common treatment options and one surgical option for extreme cases. Learn more in this week’s blog post!

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Sleep apnea takes a huge toll on your body and your quality of life if you don’t seek the right treatment—and quickly. Since sleep apnea affects the breathing in your sleep, it also affects the quality of your sleep.

In the beginning, you may only experience a harder time concentrating throughout the day, the distracting feeling of fatigue, and even irritability. As the time passes, the lack of sleep can lead to sleep deprivation—which is even worse for your body. All your symptoms will intensify, and you could even be putting yourself at risk for death.

Learn more about sleep apnea and how you should treat it wit the help of your dentist.

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If you’ve recently been diagnosed with sleep apnea, you might be examining your treatment options. CPAP has long been the standard; it is a machine that gently blows pressurized air through your mouth, ensuring that your airway doesn’t close while you’re snoozing. However, many people complain that CPAP is noisy, bulky, and uncomfortable. Fortunately, other sleep apnea appliances are available that may be able to help you breathe easier at night without all the drama.

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Did you know that sleep apnea is one of the most common disorders that cause breathing interruptions? Yeah, that’s right. Dangerous pauses in breathing!

Many patients don’t know the extent that sleep apnea may affect their health. In fact, the symptoms of this threatening disorder could be shrugged off because of these myths. Let’s explore these rumors so that more patients can receive the sleep apnea treatment they need to stay healthy!

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The symptoms look like this: Difficulty driving home from work without feeling like you’re going to fall asleep. Being increasingly irritable when you finally get home. Bad memory. Loss of motivation. A partner who can’t sleep through your loud snoring.

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If you have obstructive sleep apnea but have yet to seek treatment — or if you have seen the doctor but have yet to find relief with CPAP therapy — we’ve got a better solution. An oral appliance for sleep apnea could provide the help you need! It’s a small, comfortable, and best of all silent way to prevent the blockage that causes you to snore and wake up throughout the night.

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Did you know that kids can be affected by sleep disorders just like adults? In fact, approximately 5% of children have sleep apnea. Although the signs and symptoms of this condition may be harder to pin down in children, it is true that parents should consider this sleep disorder as the potential underlying factor in many behavioral health issues that kids experience. Learn more about sleep apnea in children and what your dentist can do about if from the team at Weatherford Dental Sleep Medicine.

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Have you and your partner been abnormally irritable lately? Your significant other can’t get any sleep because of your constant snoring and restlessness, and you have been feeling drained the minute you wake up. It’s a horrible combination for your relationship and the overall quality of your lives, but did you know that this could all be caused by a sleep disorder that could potentially detrimentally affect your health, too? Now would be the perfect time to get to know your sleep apnea specialist, Dr. Deborah Romack. With extensive experience and continued education in sleep way obstruction, sleeping disorders, and obstructive sleep apnea, she can recommend the best sleep apnea therapy: custom oral appliances.

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If you wake up in the morning and the first thing you need to do is rush to get a drink of water, you’re probably very familiar with dry mouth. This is a condition where your mouth has stopped producing saliva, and in addition to making it very dry and uncomfortable, it can also cause a sore throat and lead to nasal problems. If you suffer from sleep apnea, this probably stems from your use of a CPAP machine. This puts you in a tough spot: you hate having dry mouth all the time, but you can’t go without your sleep apnea treatment. Thankfully, there are a few key things you can do to avoid this and make your mornings much more pleasant again. (more…)

Do those in your household say that you snore? Loud snoring can be a symptom of a serious disorder called sleep apnea. Diagnosed through symptoms and monitored sleep studies, sleep apnea can be treated and its health effects avoided. Dr. Deborah Romack of Weatherford Dental Sleep Medicine offers customized oral appliances and CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machines as effective sleep apnea therapy so patients, and their families, can get a good night’s rest and improve their well-being.

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