Dental Sleep Medicine offers comfortable oral appliances as an alternative to CPAP. A recent study showed that 60% of patients discontinue CPAP use and even successful users average only 4-5 hours of daily use. Untreated sleep apnea leads to an enormous increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and death. Snoring and apnea is also implicated in cognitive decline, short-term memory loss and is associated with Dementia and Alzheimer's.
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The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AASM) recognizes oral appliances as a first line treatment for mild to moderate sleep apnea. The AASM also endorses the use of oral appliances for severe apnea when patients do not tolerate CPAP.
The National Sleep Foundation has declared "oral appliances are a therapy whose time has come. Chicago, Illinois dentist Dr Ira L Shapira has created http://www.ihatecpap.com that has extensive information about the dangers or sleep apnea and how Dental Sleep Medicine effectively treats sleep apnea with oral appliances. There is a find a dentist section on the I HATE CPAP site which can be accessed at http://www.ihatecpap.com/
Dr Shapira has recently created a new site http://www.ihateheadaches.org that explains how neuromuscular dentistry may be the answer for chronic headaches and Migraine treatment.
