If you have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), getting a restful night’s sleep seems like a pipe dream. This sleep disorder disrupts your breathing when sleeping, often interrupting your sleep cycle night after night. Poor sleep pattern not only leads to daytime fatigue but puts you at risk of systemic diseases like heart disease, stroke, and hypertension!

High Forest Dental in Littleton, Colorado, understands sleep is as essential as a healthy diet or exercise. So, if you are battling obstructive sleep apnea, Dr. Allison Brown offers a customized mouthguard to restore healthy breathing and restful sleep. Dentists and patients love sleep apnea mouthpieces because they’re simple and effective! 

Understanding obstructive sleep apnea

OSA occurs when the soft tissues in the back of the mouth relax, interrupting your healthy breathing. These interruptions in breathing, lasting a few seconds each, recur multiple times throughout the night—sometimes up to a hundred times—posing significant risks to one’s health. 

At a minimum, OSA causes:

• Chronic snoring
• Morning headaches
• Waking up with a dry throat
• Irritability
• Daytime fatigue
• Mood changes

The persistent lack of adequate sleep and oxygen, however, has more profound consequences, straining vital organs and elevating the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and hypertension. Worse yet, OSA sufferers have poor concentration, which can lead to injuries and death, especially when driving or operating heavy machinery. 

Treating obstructive sleep apnea with oral appliance therapy

If OSA has been a bane of your life, you can breathe easy because treatment doesn’t always involve surgery or a cumbersome CPAP machine. Dr. Brown treats mild to moderate OSA with a customized mouthguard.  And while mild to moderate OSA diagnoses are the best candidates for oral appliance therapy, it can still be life changing therapy for those with a severe diagnosis if other treatments cannot be tolerated.

A sleep apnea mouthpiece repositions the lower jaw to a more forward position. This action increases the airway space and prevents the collapse of the soft tissues at the back of the throat, promoting healthy breathing as you sleep. When a sleep apnea nightguard is worn as directed, many patients notice improved symptoms almost immediately. 

Sleep apnea treatment near me

Struggling to sleep well because of obstructive sleep apnea? Dial (303) 951-3717 to schedule an appointment with High Forest Dental of Littleton, CO, for simple yet effective OSA treatment.

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