Sleep Apnea Dental Appliance in Colonia, NJ

Sleep apnea leads to drowsiness and excessive daytime sleepiness. It’s a condition we encounter here at Colonia Dental Associates in Colonia, NJ. In sleep apnea, patients have a hard time getting continuous sleep because their breathing is interrupted several times throughout the night.

The main reason this happens is because their airway becomes obstructed. This can happen if the jaw or tongue falls back and occlude the airway. There are several treatments available for sleep apnea that are used based on the severity of the condition.

Dental Appliances for Sleep Apnea

At Colonia Dental Associates, we can help you with your sleep apnea with a dental appliance. There are two main kinds of dental appliances: mandibular advancing devices and tongue retaining devices. You need your dental appliance to fit perfectly or else it’ll make matters worse and can be very uncomfortable.

These appliances work by keeping the jaw and soft tissues of the mouth positioned forward. By holding them in place, these appliances prevent the backward slippage of soft tissues and thereby obstruction of the airway.

They’re small, so they are very portable and can be taken with you wherever you go. Additionally, they don’t interfere with sleep.

CPAP

CPAP is another device used in the management of sleep apnea and is considered the best treatment available so far. Physicians prescribe it. It relies on pushing air through the airways using high pressures to keep them open.

A patient needs a sleep study prescribed and analyzed by a physician to use a CPAP device. For mild cases, patients may be candidates for dental appliances for sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea has many consequences that affect the body. Getting treatment is important, but it’s also important to get treatment that doesn’t interfere with sleep or make life difficult. A dentist can perform an evaluation and help the patients make the right decision to seek treatment for sleep apnea. Schedule an appointment with our dentist for Sleep Apnea treatment in Colonia, Woodbridge, NJ

We serve residents of Colonia, NJ, as well as the surrounding areas of Woodbridge township, including Avenel, Carteret, Clark, Edison, Fords, Iselin, Linden, Piscataway, Port Reading, Metuchen, Rahway, Sewaren, and South Plainfield.