Sleep Apnea Mouth Guard

1 00:00:06.192 --> 00:00:10.492 Obstructive sleep apnea is, in essence, sleep-disturbed breathing. 2 00:00:10.525 --> 00:00:13.092 In other words, there are certain conditions 3 00:00:13.100 --> 00:00:15.300 in the respiratory system 4 00:00:15.301 --> 00:00:20.817 that results in interruptions in the normal patterns of sleep, 5 00:00:21.133 --> 00:00:25.675 that actually can constrict or completely cut off oxygen 6 00:00:25.676 --> 00:00:28.467 for a certain amount of time as the patient sleeps. 7 00:00:28.950 --> 00:00:31.975 It is very deleterious to the health. 8 00:00:32.092 --> 00:00:33.733 It can be dangerous. 9 00:00:33.770 --> 00:00:36.847 It results not only in patients getting 10 00:00:36.942 --> 00:00:40.267 insufficient REM and short-wave deep sleep, 11 00:00:40.432 --> 00:00:44.075 that we need to restore ourselves as we sleep each night. 12 00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:47.567 But also can affect the organs, 13 00:00:47.650 --> 00:00:50.917 heart, lungs, kidneys over time, 14 00:00:51.125 --> 00:00:54.075 in ways that are really devastating. 15 00:00:54.100 --> 00:01:00.483 Sleep apnea is basically diagnosed through what we call a sleep study. 16 00:01:00.708 --> 00:01:02.908 After you're diagnosed with sleep apnea, 17 00:01:03.758 --> 00:01:08.062 the benchmark of treatment is still what we call the CPAP machine, 18 00:01:08.192 --> 00:01:10.300 continuous positive airway pressure. 19 00:01:10.442 --> 00:01:13.367 The problem with CPAP is compliance. 20 00:01:14.010 --> 00:01:19.640 Many patients after using the CPAP find that they just can't get used to it. 21 00:01:19.692 --> 00:01:21.158 That's where we come in. 22 00:01:22.017 --> 00:01:26.942 We offer an alternative treatment to CPAP using an oral appliance. 23 00:01:27.450 --> 00:01:30.967 An oral appliance is basically, if you think about a retainer, 24 00:01:30.968 --> 00:01:32.458 like an orthodontic retainer. 25 00:01:32.808 --> 00:01:35.100 One that would fit over your upper teeth, 26 00:01:35.425 --> 00:01:37.342 and one that would fit over your lower teeth. 27 00:01:37.730 --> 00:01:40.491 It's connected either by a group of bars 28 00:01:40.492 --> 00:01:43.083 or it could be connected by different methods 29 00:01:43.258 --> 00:01:45.125 where it advances the lower jaw. 30 00:01:45.267 --> 00:01:48.017 By advancing the lower jaw, what we refer to as the mandible, 31 00:01:48.350 --> 00:01:49.850 that opens the airway, 32 00:01:50.808 --> 00:01:53.333 and more effectively allows the patient to breathe, 33 00:01:53.334 --> 00:01:55.133 to stop the sleep-disturbed breathing. 34 00:01:55.670 --> 00:01:59.025 This is an alternative for obstructive sleep apnea. 35 00:01:59.508 --> 00:02:02.333 Works especially well in patients that are non-compliant 36 00:02:02.858 --> 00:02:05.525 or unable to use CPAP for various reasons.