Michigan Sleep Apnea Center

09/15/2016

“Dental Sleep Medicine Research Update”
http://www.sleepreviewmag.com/2016/08/advancements-practice-dental-sleep-medicine/

09/12/2016

Research Reveals That Increased Education About Sleep Apnea Leads to Better Outcomes - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harold-a-smith-dds/research-reveals-that-inc_b_11392504.html

09/09/2016

Happy Friday!

09/08/2016

What made you smile today? We want to know!

09/05/2016

Dentists should educate their patients that sleep position might play an important role in reducing the severity of their sleep apnea symptoms during sleep, as well as affect how they respond to treatment. http://dental.sleepreviewmag.com/2016/07/positional-obstructive-sleep-apnea-patients-oral-appliances-efficacious-cpap/

09/01/2016

Research shows that oral appliance therapy is an effective treatment option for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. Here's why: http://www.aadsm.org/snoring.aspx

08/29/2016

Home sleep testing in the dental setting, when used appropriately, is a tool that can increase a dentist’s ability to collaborate more efficiently and effectively as a partner in the treatment of sleep disorders. http://www.sleepreviewmag.com/2016/07/home-sleep-testing-oral-appliance-therapy/

08/25/2016

What is your favorite summer dessert? We'd love to hear below...

08/22/2016

Dentists may play an important role in the detection of sleep apnea in patients with high BMI through careful oropharyngeal examination in routine dental treatment. https://www.dovepress.com/which-oropharyngeal-factors-are-significant-risk-factors-for-obstructi-peer-reviewed-article-NSS

08/18/2016

Learn how one dentist turned his idea into a 3-D reality to combat sleep apnea. http://3dprintingindustry.com/news/oventus-will-soon-stop-sleep-apnea-globally-87431/

08/11/2016

If you could be an explorer, novelist, business mogul, or rock star, which would you choose?

08/08/2016

Your sleeping oral posture causes more than a stiff jaw and neck in the morning. Read about some causes of sleep apnea: http://www.dentistryiq.com/articles/2016/06/oral-rest-posture-a-key-piece-of-the-obstructive-sleep-apnea-puzzle.html

08/01/2016

If you're healthy during your waking hours, you tend to be during your sleeping ones, too! Read about reducing sleep apnea: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ornish-living/decrease-the-symptoms-of_b_10324092.html

08/01/2016

It's often said we have five senses. If you could, what would you choose your sixth sense to be?

07/28/2016

How many countries have you been to in your lifetime?

07/25/2016

High cholesterol and sleep apnea walk hand-in-hand. Read about healthy living and obstructive sleep apnea: http://cdapress.com/news/healthy_community/article_eb79f5a1-3c7e-5d78-94c0-e7dacbf88d4b.html

07/21/2016

Where was the best beach you've ever visited, and which ones are on your bucket list?

07/18/2016

Even if your heart is healthy and your arteries are clear, you are not immune to the dangers of sleep apnea. Read about it: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/06/16/sleep-apnea-tied-to-heart-risk-even-after-arteries-are-cleared.html

For people who have had a procedure to open blocked heart arteries, untreated sleep-breathing problems like snoring or apnea may raise the risk of a future heart attack or stroke, researchers say.

07/15/2016

MedGadget discusses the skyrocketing sleep apnea devices market, including the ever-growing popularity and effectiveness of oral appliances: http://www.medgadget.com/2016/06/the-global-sleep-apnea-devices-market-is-expected-to-grow-at-a-cagr-of-16-6.html

07/14/2016

A custom-fit oral appliance can improve your sleep, restore your alertness and revitalize your health.

07/11/2016

A recent study found that a certain time period of oral appliance therapy affected blood pressure reduction in mild to moderate OSA patients without cardiac and/or cerebrovascular diseases.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27158750

Clin Exp Hypertens. 2016;38(4):404-8. doi: 10.3109/10641963.2016.1148159. Epub 2016 May 9.