Treatment of sleep apnea is essential. CPAP was once considered the Gold Standard of Care but today Oral Appliances are considered a First Line Approach equal to CPAP for mild to moderate Sleep Apnea and an alternative for severe apnea when the patient does not tolerate or prefers oral appliance therapy. Sleep apnea is implicated in increased risks of death …
Chicago: Diplomate American Board Of Dental Sleep Medicine
Orignally posted at: www.ThinkBetterLife.com ORAL APPLIANCE THERAPY FOR TREATING SLEEP APNEA Learn More at : www.IhateCPAP.com www.ThinkBetterLife.com COMFORTABLE ALTERNATIVES TO CPAP Dentists who treat Sleep Apnea have taken a major step out of the mechanical world of dentistry and into the fields of physiology and medicine. A very select group of dentists go further and achieve Diplomate Status in the …