Is waking up in the morning always a burden? Are your days filled with exhaustion even though you slept throughout the night? Does your partner complain about your constant, loud snoring? Are dry mouth and chronic headaches just a normal part of your day?
If so, its time to visit Sleep Better Appliances. Here, highly-experience sleep dentist Dr. James Striebel and his team can use custom-made oral appliances to help the people of Huber Heights sleep peacefully again. Oral appliance therapy is fast becoming one of the most preferred treatments for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and sleep disordered breathing because it is simple, effective, and much more comfortable than a traditional CPAP.
Sleep is as essential to a healthy body as diet and exercise. In many cases, its more important, because without adequate sleep, the body cant repair and re-energize itself, making it much harder to lead an active lifestyle. Research has also shown that sleep deprivation can even throw off a persons appetite, causing them to crave sugary and salty foods while slowing down their metabolism.
A lack of sleep due to sleep apnea can also have drastic effects on the mind, causing a person to have trouble focusing, suffer memory loss, or experience mood swings and depression. Plus, a person who is consistently sleep deprived is also 3 times more likely to be in a moto vehicle accident!
Sleep apnea also has one specific symptom that many doctors call the silent killer. People who suffer from sleep apnea and dont get treatment often suffer from elevated blood pressure, which is the leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke.
Dr. James Striebel is a diplomat of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, whose main goal is to provide education and support for dentists using oral appliance therapy to treat OSA and other related sleeping issues. Through his membership Dr. Striebel has access to a variety of materials and can consult with other highly-respected sleep dentists in order to better treat his patients. Dr. Striebel continues to expand his knowledge ever year so he can provide higher-quality and more personalized care for everyone who comes to see him.
Whether you snore, have been diagnosed with sleep apnea, or simply want an alternative treatment to your CPAP machine, you can dramatically benefit from oral appliance therapy from Dr. Striebel. With his experience and expertise, hell help you finally get the rest you need, and as a result, both your body and your mind will be better for it.
If youve been diagnosed with sleep apnea, know that its actually the first step to getting the treatment you need. With the help of a custom-made oral appliance, youll be able to breathe comfortably throughout the night and achieve deeper, more restorative sleep. This will allow your mind to rest and your body to heal damage from the stresses of the day, both of which will contribute to a longer and healthier life.
One of the most common symptoms of sleep apnea is persistent fatigue despite sleeping for 8 hours. Lacking energy can affect every facet of your life, both personal and professional. People who dont sleep well typically dont have the energy to exercise regularly, and as a result, they put on more weight and become lethargic, which can worsen sleep apnea symptoms. By getting treatment, youll literally be getting a breath of fresh air when you sleep, and youll finally have the energy again you pursue your goals.
Its extremely difficult to be a good parent, spouse, friend, or employee when youre constantly exhausted. The problems focusing and remembering things can be very damaging to both personal and professional relationships. It can feel like youre just drifting through life rather than actually living it. Once your sleep is restored with an oral appliance, youll finally have the energy to put into the relationships around you, improving not only your life but others as well.
Of course, the first step to achieving all of this is to get treatment for your sleep problems. Dr. Striebel can walk you through the entire diagnostic process and then supply you with a helpful oral appliance. All it takes is just one phone call to Sleep Better Appliances. With our help, youll finally be able to get the rest you need.
Dr. James Striebel graduated from the University of Dayton and Case Western Reserve Dental School in Cleveland. Originally from the Dayton area, Dr. Striebel has been practicing dentistry for over 20 years, and he enjoys how hes able to use dentistry to help people take back the night and get the rest they deserve without surgery or a CPAP.
Jody has nearly 40 years of experience working in dentistry, and as you can see from her job title, shes spent that time learning how to do it all! She truly enjoys helping people, which is why she comes to work every day with a smile on her face. Youll find her either assisting patients at the front desk or working with Dr. Striebel chairside. Basically, if something needs to be done around the office, Jody is the person we rely on! She went to dental school at the Montgomery County JVS and the Foster Estes Vocational-Technical School in Oklahoma. Afterward, she went on to become certified in both dental x-rays and phlebotomy.
Jessica helps our patients navigate the ins-and-outs of their medical insurance so they can save as much as possible on their sleep apnea treatment. She has over 3 years of experience in the dental field, and she loves how her job gives her the opportunity to truly help people every day. If you ever have a question about your medical insurance, shes the person to ask!
Sleep apnea currently affects about 22 million Americans every night, making it the 2nd most common sleep problem in the country (right behind insomnia). More and more people are suffering from sleep apnea every year due to an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and being overweight.
When a person has sleep apnea, they temporarily stop breathing for short periods of time throughout the night. When the air is fully cut off, the body panics, wakes up, and clears the airway with a loud gasp or snort. This can happen hundreds of times a night without a person realizing it, and it prevents them from achieving the deep, restful sleep their bond and mind needs to recharge from the day.
There are actually two different types of sleep apnea. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common, and it occurs when the soft tissues in a persons mouth and throat relax and block the airway during sleep. It is by far the main kind of sleep apnea.
The other kind, central sleep apnea (CSA) is much less common and happen when the brain simply stops sending the body the signals to breathe during sleep. Rarely, a person may actually have both kinds of apneas at once.
As you can imagine, it can be tough to know if you actually have sleep apnea or not because the most indicative symptomstemporary stops in breathingoccur while you are asleep. Most of the time, its a bed partner that first observes the signs of sleep apnea.
A sleep study is a non-invasive medical test that monitors your vital signs while you sleep, and its how a sleep doctor can determine whether or not you have sleep apnea. You can have one performed either at home or in a lab based on your preference, and afterward, your doctor will recommend the appropriate treatment. If you are a viable candidate for oral appliance therapy, you can then return to Better Sleep Appliances where Dr. Striebel will fit you for your own customized device.
Most of the time, snore is simply seen as an unconscious, yet annoying habit. However, snoring may indicate serious issues with a persons sleep. The iconic sound is created by air vibrating the tissues in the mouth and throat, and this happens because those tissue are partially blocking the airway. Often, snoring is actually a precursor to sleep apnea.
Overall, whether a person has sleep apnea or not, snoring indicates that they are not breathing completely during the night, preventing them from getting the deepest sleep possible. Thankfully, oral appliance therapy can also be used to help patients who snore and are at risk of developing sleep apnea in the future.
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is by far the most popular prescribed treatment for sleep apnea. It works by having a patient wear a facial mask that is connected to an air pump that literally forces oxygen into the throat in order to keep it open throughout the night. As you can imagine, many patients find this extremely uncomfortable.
The facial mask can feel very constrictive, leading some patients to even have feelings of claustrophobia. Also, the machine itself creates quite a bit of noise, which can be disturbing not only to the wearer, but their bed partner as well. Also, the machine is quite bulky, which can restrict a patients movement while they are trying to fall asleep and make it practically impossible to travel with.
However, now a patient can benefit from an alternative treatment that does away with all these problemsoral appliance therapy. With this approach, all a patient has to do is wear a small, custom-designed mouthpiece to bed every night to sleep peacefully. It works by slightly shifting the jaw forward, which prevents the tissues in the mouth and throat from obstructing the airway. Its ideally suited for patients with mild to moderate sleep apnea, but it can also be used in conjunction with a CPAP for combined therapy. The appliances are compact, portable, and extremely simply to use, making them one of the easiest sleep apnea treatments available today.
In most cases, sleep apnea treatment using oral appliance therapy actually is not covered by most dental insurance plans even though the treatment is administered by a dentist. Its actually covered by medical insurance, and this can make it extremely intimidating and confusing for a patient to use their benefits. Adding even more confusion, now more and more dental insurance plans are starting to cover oral appliance therapy as well.
This is where our team of experts can help. When you choose to get oral appliance therapy with us, theyll help you find the easiest way to maximize your insurance benefits, no matter where they come from. Well file the claim, handle the paperwork, and help you walk through the entire process so your care will be much more affordable.
Monitoring your heartrate and blood pressure while you sleep is essential to determining if you have sleep apnea as well as how effective your treatment really is. Using a small device called a Pulsox, we can easily do this while you sleep at home. It is a small device that fits over your wrist and finger, and it will monitor your pulse while you sleep, noting any extended periods of elevation that could indicate sleep apnea. It can also show signs of other health concerns brought on by sleep issues.