Sometimes snoring isn’t the result of sleep apnea, but simply due to a restricted airway. These cases are a great candidate for the Solea Sleep treatment.
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How Solea Sleep Can Prevent or Decrease Snoring
Often, we’ll employ the same methods we utilize for obstructive sleep apnea for the excessive snorer. Much to the comfort of our patients, the same treatments are equally as effective. We’ll use oral appliances to help stabilize your airways.
Another way of fixing this problem is with a CPAP machine. CPAP stands for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. As the name implies, this constant pressure props open the airways, allowing for easier breathing all night long.
Common factors that lead to snoring are:
- Consuming alcohol
- Sinus or nasal problems
- Sleeping position
- Mouth structure
While not all reasons surround your choices or habits, some can easily be cut from your life. Ultimately, no one should ignore excessive snoring–it’s not only loud and often annoying, but can be a sign of larger health concerns.
Side Effects of Snoring
There are 11 reasons how snoring can negatively affect your health. First, it can raise your blood pressure. Second, snoring leads to restless sleep. Third, restless sleep leads to daytime tiredness. Here are additional ways snoring can affect your health:
- Pauses in breathing throughout the night
- Decline in concentration
- Headaches
- Dry mouth
- Choking/gasping
- Chest pain
- Poor performance in school or work
Consider visiting your dentist twice a year. We may notice signs of dry mouth which signifies snoring well before you’re aware.
Additional Innovative Snoring Treatments at Dee for Dentist
There are multiple treatment options available for dental patients who have issues with sleep and snoring. Depending on your circumstances, we can help you formulate a care plan that best suits your needs and lifestyle. You may find yourself feeling more well-rested, less irritable, and facing fewer snoring complaints from your housemates.
Healthy Start Appliances for Children
Healthy Start is an appliance that can be used in children ages two to 12, and it acts as an aligner to ensure that your child’s jaw is aligned correctly. This is an early intervention treatment used with the hope of preventing sleep apnea as an adult and the added benefit of straight teeth.
Often, this procedure is enough to correct mouth breathing, fatigue, bedwetting, and other unsavory effects of snoring, opening up the airway so your child can take full breaths. This will help ensure that your kiddo’s body can regulate properly during sleep, helping them feel better rested, have more control over their bladder, reduce dry mouth and irritability, and much more.
Somnomed Oral Appliances
Somnomed is an appliance that is personalized to each patient. Generally, Somnomed is a treatment option for patients with obstructive sleep apnea, but it may be a good option for specific candidates.
The appliance is made in two pieces, making it easy for patients to use. Patients can drink water and talk while wearing their Somnomed, and they’ll generally wear the appliance when asleep. The device keeps a patient’s lower jaw in a forward position, physically preventing the airway from collapsing. This means that breathing is easier, even without a CPAP machine. You’ll also wake up less frequently through the night, as snoring and tight airways typically cut off your oxygen supply and startle you awake.
CEREC Restorations
CEREC restorations are crowns placed over the top of a patient’s teeth, typically made of tooth-colored ceramic. While crowns are generally used to prevent damage and decay to a patient’s teeth, this restoration also has the upside of helping patients with snoring and sleep apnea-related health issues. By restoring your teeth to a healthy shape and strength, you may find that breathing is easier and nights are more restful.
Solea Laser
Solea Sleep lasers are used for non-surgical snoring and sleep apnea treatment. Dentists will use the Solea laser to tighten the soft palate, reducing the possibility of snoring. Sometimes, loose or excess tissue in the oral cavity can block the airways to your lungs, reducing airflow. But by tightening the soft palette for the right candidate, you may find that sleep is easier.
Supplemental Lifestyle Changes
While many options are available to address issues related to snoring, supplemental lifestyle changes can also make a significant difference. Whether the lifestyle changes are all you need to feel healthier, or you want to supplement your dental treatment with other healthy habits, we encourage you to consider the following:
- Exercise regularly
- Maintain a regular sleep schedule
- Improve sleep hygiene by avoiding cell phone use in bed
- Stop smoking tobacco products
- Sleep on your side rather than your back or stomach
- Limit alcohol use
- Reduce caffeine use
In some cases, even more options may make a meaningful impact on your quality of life. If you have any questions about how to treat snoring issues, please feel free to contact us at Dee for Dentist. We can tailor our approach to your needs, make additional recommendations, and provide you with all the support and guidance you need to feel better rested.
The Benefits of Seeking Treatment
There are many benefits associated with seeking proper treatment, whether you experience snoring issues or more severe health concerns like sleep apnea. The following are some of the benefits our patients notice following effective snoring treatment:
- Fewer complaints from bed and housemates
- Improved quality of sleep for you and others in your home
- Better heart health
- Less fatigue
- Comfortable treatment options
- Long-term, helpful results with consistent use
- Less dry mouth or sore throat
- Reduced irritability
- Better bowel and bladder control
- Less teeth grinding
If you have any questions related to the benefits or risks associated with snoring treatment, you don’t have to hesitate. You can call our team at Dee for Dentist to learn more about your candidacy and which treatment options may be a good fit for you.
