Is a Sleep Study Necessary Before Seeing a Sleep Dentist?

Question of the Week – Is a Sleep Study Necessary Before Seeing a Sleep Dentist?

You should contact Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois as soon as possible. They will provide you with steps needed to expedite the whole process. If someone is being prevented from coming because they have not had a sleep study (test), she suggests to let them come in anyway.

A Sleep Dentist can help with snoring and sleep apnea. Call (630) 369-5508 with any questions or concerns you might have about a sleep study and how to expedite the process in order to receive help.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois is a premiere snoring and sleep apnea treatment center in Naperville. We have been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of Oral Appliance Therapy successfully for over 15 years. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs.

Oral Appliance Therapy Given As a Gift – One Happy Wife!

Oral Appliance Therapy can be the perfect gift! An older gentlemen wanted to give his wife the gift of  NO MORE SNORING. So he came to Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois for treatment of his sleep apnea to surprise his wife. He got an oral appliance to control his snoring.

Let us help you give the perfect gift of no more snoring to your loved one. Call us at (630) 369-5508.

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of Oral Appliance Therapy for over 15 years successfully. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy in Naperville, Lisle, Aurora, Bolingbrook and surrounding Chicago suburbs. For more information on this physician-recommended treatment option, visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com or call us at (630)369-5508.

Snoring is a Health Risk! 11 Health Risks of Snoring

Important! Snoring is a health risk

Important! Snoring is a health risk!

Snoring is a health risk! Are you embarrassed or annoyed by your own snoring or someone else’s snoring? Do you snicker when people talk about snoring? It is no laughing matter! People who snore may have a medical condition called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Severe OSA patients have a 40% greater chance of dying earlier than their peers. It’s time to do something about it!

Here are 11 health risks linked to snoring and apnea.

  • Stroke – The intensity of snoring and apnea can lead to risk of carotid atherosclerosis.
  • Heart disease – We know apnea is linked to cardiovascular problems such as high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and possible heart attacks.
  • Arrhythmias – Long term snoring can develop irregular heart rhythm or arrhythmia.
  • Gerd – Throat closure during apnea causes pressure changes that can suck the contents of the stomach back up into the esophagus.
  • Injury – Sleep deprivation can cause driving accidents.
  • Mental – Sometimes just crankiness is witnessed, but all too often so is depression and anxiety.
  • Headaches – Habitual snorers are likely to have morning headaches.
  • Nocturia – Bathroom breaks two or more times during the night is called nocturia.
  • Less satisfaction – Men who snore loudly and have OSA have higher levels of impotence.
  • Fetal complications – Pregnant women who snore can have an increased risk of fetal complications.
  • Excess weight – Half of overweight people have sleep apnea.

Is this post your wake-up call? If you snore, it’s important that you to talk to your physician today. It may add years to your life!

How Do Today’s Divas Deal With Snoring?

How Do Today’s Divas Deal With Snoring

In need of quiet and quality sleep?

In all the years of treating snoring patients, it amazes me to see how many snoring husbands do not deal with snoring and get their snoring “under control” for their wives and vice versa. These individuals usually say that they are sleeping very well and don’t need to get help. Meanwhile their spouses are struggling with frequent awakenings, elbow jabs and some major sleep deprivation.

A modern day diva realizes that if her husband doesn’t deal with snoring, she doesn’t sleep well. And if she doesn’t sleep well, the whole family suffers. She refuses to “fix” sleeplessness by guiding her husband to the spare bedroom.

Here are a few ways that today’s diva can “quiet” her spouse or seek medical intervention to deal with snoring:

  • She might make an appointment for her husband and drag him to a surprise medical destination.
  • She may beg her family physician to get her husband to take action.
  • She may shove a pillow over her spouse’s head. (We don’t’ recommend this one).
  • She may withhold amorous affections.
  • She may show him the facts. Snoring is often the sign of a life threatening disorder called sleep apnea, which can greatly increase the risk of strokes, heart attack, impotence and even death!
  • She may say, “I love you, and I want you to be safe, healthy and QUIET!”
  • She may use a special “split” bed that raises the angle of her husband.
  • If all else fails, she may stop cooking for him.

Whatever she decides to do, today’s modern day diva needs good quality sleep to operate at her peak. How will you help your husband deal with snoring?

Stop Snoring Violence—Get Your Snoring Treated!

Women stabs husband for snoringI came across this recent news story, one of many I have read over the past years, of spousal violence when dealing with snoring. If only they all knew that they might have been able to stop the snoring sounds fairly easily with the help from qualified medical professionals.

Read for yourself…and if this is where your frustration is leading you, please find a snoring solution other than violence!

Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Stabbing Snoring Husband http://5newsonline.com/2013/10/02/woman-accused-of-stabbing-snoring-husband-pleads-not-guilty/

Dental Sleep and TMD Center of Illinois, a premiere snoring and apnea treatment center in Naperville, has been providing the CPAP alternative treatment of oral appliance therapy for over 15 years successfully. We are extremely passionate in helping individuals that have been struggling with CPAP therapy.

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