Your comfort and satisfaction are our primary goals. Dr. Richardson and her warm, friendly staff will customize a dental visit to meet your needs and address your dental questions. We will take the time to get to know you and understand your dental goals and then tailor a treatment plan specifically for you. Well explain your options and partner with you to create a winning, confident smile and good oral health.
Our dental philosophy and dental education encompass all aspects of dentistry, including TMJ therapy, snoring and sleep apnea treatment, and dental implant restoration, to allow the most clinically appropriate and healthiest esthetic treatment for you. You can rely on our experience and advanced training to deliver confidence in your dental health and the smile that you want and deserve!
Dr. Sue Ellen Richardson became interested in the science of dental sleep medicine after sleep apnea disturbances caused her mother to fall out of bed, cracking one of her vertebrae. Her mother proved to be CPAP (Continuous Positive Air Pressure) intolerant. After intense research on sleep apnea and its treatments, Dr. Richardson fabricated an oral appliance that allowed her mother to sleep safely and restfully. Dr. Richardson was grateful that her own field of expertise, dentistry, could provide her mother help and eliminate the significant dangers associated with her mothers untreated condition. Later, Dr. Richardson accepted as a patient a young woman whose snoring kept her husband awake and forced her to sleep on a couch. Dr. Richardson fabricated an appliance that reduced her snoring to the point that she could return to sharing a bed quietly with her husband. Her loud snoring no longer kept him awake.
Dr. Richardson follows the recommended guidelines for treatment with intra-oral appliances in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and snoring management. Before recommending a specific brand of appliance to a patient, Dr. Richardson has first tried the appliance on herself. Dr. Richardson only works with FDA-approved appliances for the treatment of snoring and OSA. Other types do exist, but can be limiting. At present, Dr. Richardson prefers to work with several types of adjustable appliances, the choice of which is dependent on many patient factors.
Dr. Richardson is devoted to the well-being of her patients and stays in communication with referring members of the medical and dental fields. Her commitment to offering patients an option to treat their OSA and snoring is saving lives and marriages every day. Dr. Richardson is following the disturbing new evidence of a correlation between obesity and sleep disorders.
Dr. Richardson has been featured in Time magazine and chosen as one of H Texas Magazines Top Dentists of 2018, Houstonia Top Dentists of 2018, and Texas Monthlys Super Dentists of 2018, and has been winning these accolades for years. She completed her undergraduate studies at Rice University. She went on to study dentistry at the University of Texas Dental School at Houston and graduated in 1980. The Academy of General Dentistry honored her with a Mastership for her completion of its rigorous and comprehensive post-doctorate education.