Dental Sleep Medicine Specialists Yorkville
If your partners snoring has been keeping everyone in the household up at night it’s time to schedule an appointment.
Dr. Judy Sturm is a licensed and experienced dental sleep medicine dentist. Voted most popular dental practice by both Now Magazine and The Toronto Star she has always believed that teeth and gums affect more than you think. In other words, there is a connection between your bite, snoring and sleep disorders.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Sturm & Associates explains that obstructive sleep apnea is a condition that affects men, women and children.
Children with OSA, another name for the disorder, often grow out of the condition or no longer suffer after tonsil and/or adenoid removal.
Women aren’t often subjected to OSA. However, post-menopausal women and women with large necks have a higher propensity for obstructive sleep apnea.
If you follow this dental blog you will recall that the sleep disorder is very common is people who are very overweight or obese and loud snorers albeit not everyone who snores has obstructive sleep apnea.
Help for OSA Sufferers
While some dentists in Toronto and the surrounding areas offer dental sleep medicine, not many have the continued education to diagnose obstructive sleep medicine or other sleep disorders.
They may be able to provide some relief with oral appliance therapy, but they can’t diagnose it.
People who have already been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea or people who have not but suspect they might make great patients of Sturm & Associates.
Dental Sleep Medicine
Dental sleep medicine is used by Dr. Sturm and her associates to treat a variety of problems that involve bite and the structure of the jaw.
For example, some people may not ever have a problem with obstructive sleep apnea if they have bite correction therapy. This type of treatment could involve custom made mouthguards and/or splints designed to put the jaw back into proper position.
How OSA Therapy Works
While CPAP Therapy is the most common solution for OSA it isn’t the most comfortable. Because the person who suffers has to breathe through a mask to get relief they often abandon the device.
Oral appliance therapy on the other hand is gentler way to ease the symptoms. Some of which could include 30 or more breathing cessations per hour.
Dental Sleep Medicine in Yorkville
If you would like to learn more about oral appliance therapy in Toronto, call or send a text message and talk to a team member from Sturm & Associates today.
