Can Your Dentist Cure Your Sleep Apnea

When people realize they have a problem with sleep apnea they run to the DR and normally end up spending a night in a sleep center and then the rest of their nights attached to a cpap machine.  But what if you could get treated without having to be attached to a machine.

My advice is to speak to your dentist,I know that it may not seem normal to tell a dentist about your sleep problems but they can help. My understanding is that your sleep is affected by the way you breath in and out while asleep. You breath in and out through your mouth, if your jaw line is not quite right then you breath badly and you snore and are possibly going to have sleep apnea.

I appreciate this is probably a very simplistic way of explaining it but that is how I see it. Your dentist can fit you for a sleeping guard that can help keep your lower jaw in a position which will allow more air to go down your throat, this reducing your snoring and the oxygen starvation which is one of the worst side effects of Sleep apnea.

Not every dentist will be able to help you with this, but I think it is worth calling your local one and see if they can help.