Get a good night’s sleep once again with effective Sleep Apnea treatments

People who suffer from sleep apnea may have trouble breathing at night. In some cases, their breathing can stop completely while sleeping, which causes them to jolt awake. In more severe cases, this can occur hundreds of times every night. Those who suffer from sleep apnea tend to be tired and irritable most of the time because of a lack of a good night’s sleep, thus affecting their quality of life.

At Family Dental Health of South Asheville in Arden, North Carolina, we provide effective sleep apnea treatments to help you regain the much-needed rest you so desire and get your life back on track. 

How is sleep apnea treated?

Some of the options for treating sleep apnea can include any of the following:

• Surgery
• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy
• Oral appliance therapy

At Family Dental Health of South Asheville, you can be fitted for oral appliances to address the concerns of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, sleep apnea, and more. These appliances hold the lower jaw forward in a way that keeps the airway open while sleeping. While CPAP machines do work, many patients find them uncomfortable, noisy, and extremely cumbersome, which is why many of them prefer oral appliance therapy.

Symptoms of sleep apnea

Being sleep-deprived is costly in terms of health, success, and overall safety. Some other symptoms of sleep apnea include:

• Loud snoring
• Difficulty remaining asleep
• Daytime drowsiness or fatigue
• Depression and anxiety
• Night sweats
• Headaches
• Sexual dysfunction

In short, sleep apnea is a dangerous disorder that affects nearly every area of your life. Fortunately, by properly evaluating your situation, we can effectively treat sleep apnea with oral appliance therapy to improve your sleep quality and your quality of life.

Treatments for sleep apnea in Arden, NC

If you would like to learn more about oral appliance therapy for sleep apnea, please reach out to Dr. Christopher Port and the team at Family Dental Health of South Asheville in Arden, NC. We are here to answer your questions at , or you can schedule an appointment online.