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New studies show that tongue size can help indicate risk of obstructive sleep apnea, uncovering a new reason to lose weight: reducing tongue size.
Sleep testing is important, but not all sleep tests measure sleep! This makes it difficult to compare sleep results, but that is changing with SleepImage.
The American Sleep Apnea Association estimates that 1 to 4% of children experience pediatric sleep apnea, with a large amount being between 2 and 8 years old. No matter the age, sleep apnea is a devastating sleep disorder that can negatively impact health, wellness, and basic functioning if left undiagnosed and untreated.
From the loudest snore on record to being a cause of divorce, these stats about snoring are alarming. However, don’t let them scare you; instead, take it as inspiration to seek diagnosis and treatment if there is a sleep disorder actually causing your or your loved ones’ snoring problem.
Getting both the right quantity and quality of sleep is important for every aspect of health. If you’re not getting the recommended seven to nine hours for adults, then these seven tips to get the best night’s sleep are for you.
Dental sleep medicine may still be relatively new in the world of dentistry, but the major associations from the ADA to the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) are all in agreement on dentistry’s role in sleep health. Dentists are key in reducing the number of people living with undiagnosed and untreated sleep disorders primarily with screening and oral appliance therapy.
A review of 51 different sleep studies found that people with sleep problems may have an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia. While more studies and clinical trials must be done to determine why sleep affects brain health, the initial results make it worthwhile to take your sleep health seriously.
There is an ever-growing offering of over-the-counter or online night guards and snore appliances. While online healthcare certainly has a place, dentistry is not one of them. Patients need to know the risks and side effects that can occur when they take treatment into their own hands. When it comes to boil and bite vs. custom oral appliances, there are several reasons why custom is the better option.
As you start having conversations about sleep, obstacles to dental sleep medicine from your patients will come up. Your patients don’t know the link between oral health and sleep health until you share it with them. Here are the most common symptoms connected to poor sleep and breathing, as well as clear, simple responses you can use with your patients.
Presenting sleep treatment is no different than presenting any other type of dental treatment. Whether it’s a sleep appliance that costs $2,500, an implant case that costs $3,000, an ortho case at $5,000, or a quadrant of restorative dentistry for $1,800, case presentation is the same. To help practices overcome this obstacle, we teach the following six tips to increase case acceptance for oral appliance therapy.
