Blog: Sleep Apnea and Sleep Deprivation Relief

Sleep is a basic human need, and it plays a vital role in our overall health and wellbeing. Sleep allows the body and mind to rest and recuperate; it affects our mood, weight, and hormone levels. Without proper sleep, we can suffer from physical and mental health issues, loss of productivity, injury, and more. 

Millions of people in the United States ...

Most people consider sleep disorders a medical problem, and indeed medical doctors usually make the diagnoses.  However, dentists can alert patients and their physicians to the potential presence of a sleep disorder based on observations made during routine oral exams.  Your dentist will look for heavy bruxism, enamel erosion due to reflux, and difficulty keeping an airway opened when reclining ...

Is your sleep (and that of your partner) interrupted by snoring? If so, you are not alone.  According to the New England Journal of Medicine, more than 90 million Americans snore.  This annoying nighttime affliction often indicates a struggle for breath and can result in high blood pressure, which can damage the walls of the carotid arteries and increase the ...