If your dentist or orthodontist has suggested to you that you might benefit from jaw surgery, you are not alone. Misalignment of the jaw can range from mild to severe, and sometimes orthognathic surgery may be needed. While your orthodontist can correct bite problems involving your teeth, surgery may be needed when the jaws need to be repositioned. At its... read more »

Our team can help you manage sleep apnea with the help of an oral appliance or mouthpiece. We specialize in correcting teeth or jaw problems and will ensure that your oral appliance is custom fit to your mouth and jaw so it will stay in place while you sleep. This type of treatment is typically used for mild to moderate... read more »

An increasingly common medical condition in the U.S. is sleep apnea, and those most susceptible are the following demographics–African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanics. With sleep apnea, your chest and diaphragm muscles have to work harder to open up blocked airways so they can bring air into the lungs. You may not be aware of it but breathing typically starts... read more »

Oral appliance therapy, or OAT, is one method of treating obstructive sleep apnea that can help a patient sleep during the night without concern for apneic events, which is when a person has trouble breathing and may even stop breathing. If you are curious about what to expect from the therapy, we can give you a brief overview. In order... read more »

Sleep apnea can have a number of causes. What we eat may not be the direct cause, but it can lead to an increase in weight. Being overweight can be a cause of sleep apnea, though this is not to say that being overweight means a person has sleep apnea. What can happen is that increased weight in the neck... read more »

Sleep apnea can be hard on you. It occurs when soft tissues in your throat or mouth collapse and block your airway, which can make it difficult to breath or even stop your breathing all together. Your body often realizes a problem is occuring and wakes you up so you can start breathing again, but this disrupts your sleep schedule... read more »

Oral Appliance Therapy, or OAT, involves a special appliance that is custom-made to fit inside your mouth to treat sleep apnea and snoring. Snoring is sometimes a sign of sleep apnea, though we do not mean to say that if you snore that you have sleep apnea. Either way, the appliance helps reduce these effects of sleep apnea and snoring... read more »

Do you have a tendency to snore or know someone who does? Do you wonder why this problem is happening? There could be a fair number of causes. What generally happens is the soft tissues in your mouth and throat, among which are your tongue, soft palate and uvula, collapse a bit and reduce the amount of air going in... read more »

Obstructive sleep apnea is a condition where when you sleep, the muscles in the back of your nose and throat relax and block your airway, which causes you to choke and gasp until oxygen is returned. This severely disrupts your nighttime sleep because as you fall asleep, the same muscles relax to block your airways. When this happens, your body... read more »

Oral Appliance Therapy is a treatment option for those who suffer from sleep issues, snoring, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There are several different types of oral appliances that can be used to ease the effects of snoring and OSA, and each appliance is unique. It can be a great way to solve the problems associated with snoring and OSA.... read more »