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Sleep Dentist

Boca Raton, Broward County, and Palm Beach

Sleep Dentistry, Sleep Apnea and Snoring

Do you wake up with a headache? Are you tired throughout the day even though you went to bed at a reasonable hour? Does your family complain about your snoring? The loud snoring that you experience could be more than annoying; it could be affecting your health. Snoring affects 90 million American adults, almost half of them on a daily basis. What’s worse is that snoring may indicate Obstructive Sleep Apnea, a serious medical condition in which patients stop breathing during sleep.

Snoring Causes

Snoring has a multitude of causes that can cause breathing problems while you sleep. Some causes include:

• Sleeping pills
• Alcohol or other medications may cause your throat and tongue to relax and block the flow of air
• Sinus problems or a stuffy nose
• Smoking or asthma can cause irritation and constriction
• Even the position in which you sleep and your own body physiology can cause snoring

All of these causes lead to the ultimate cause of snoring – the narrowing of the passage between the nose and throat which causes the soft palate and uvula to vibrate. The snoring noise is actually this vibration.

How Can a Dentist Treat Snoring?

Boynton Beach Sleep Dentist, Dr. Mogell and his staff work in conjunction with your sleep physician to help manage your snoring and sleep apnea problems. We often see patients who have suffered for years without finding relief even after receiving a diagnosis from their sleep physician because they have been unable to tolerate the CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) machine. A team effort has proven most effective when a patient is searching for a CPAP alternative.

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Sleep Apnea Dentist, Dr. Mogell has advanced training to treat snoring and sleep apnea by prescribing and fitting a custom oral appliance that gently holds your mouth and throat in an open position during sleep – allowing a full nights rest with no snoring or breathing problems.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine now “recommends oral appliances for managing snoring and sleep apnea in patients with mild and moderate sleep apnea and those severe cases where a patient refuses to use CPAP or is CPAP intolerant”. Additionally, they stated that “oral appliances should be fitted by qualified dental personnel who are trained and experienced in the overall care of oral health, the temporomandibular joint (TMJ-jaw joint), dental occlusion (the bite) and associated oral structures (muscles of chewing)”. Dr. Mogell has extensive training in these areas and has been treating TMJ and facial pain disorders in Palm Beach County since 1992.

Please contact our Sleep Dentist, Dr. Mogell for more information about sleep dentistry, sleep apnea and snoring. We proudly serve Boca Raton, Coral Springs, Broward County, Deerfield Beach, Delray Beach, Palm Beach, and Pompano Beach, FL.