{"id":29608,"date":"2024-11-17T13:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T18:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/?p=29608"},"modified":"2024-11-14T23:41:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T04:41:36","slug":"sleep-apnea-dental-fears-put-to-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/2024\/11\/17\/sleep-apnea-dental-fears-put-to-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Apnea: Dental Fears Put to Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sleep<\/p>\n

Using or considering using CPAP?<\/p>\n

Dentists have a better solution.<\/p>\n

People stick to it and like it more.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been around for a while.<\/p>\n

The reason it hasn\u2019t caught on? Safety concerns.<\/p>\n

Is the concern valid? Concluded in a new study in the Journal of Prosthodontics.<\/p>\n

Oral appliances (OAs) are more comfortable than CPAP machines for many.<\/p>\n

OAs are effective for up to 70% of sleep apnea patients.<\/p>\n

But OAs for sleep apnea cause tooth or jaw damage?<\/p>\n

The new study reviewed 42 studies of patients using OAs for 6+ months.<\/p>\n

Findings<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

1. Slight reduction in overbite and overjet (about 0.87 mm).<\/p>\n

2. Minor changes in front teeth position:<\/p>\n

\n
\n - Upper teeth tipped slightly backward<\/p>\n

- Lower teeth moved slightly forward\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

3. No changes in jawbone or facial structure.<\/p>\n

The changes were very small \u2013 about four times the thickness of a human hair.<\/p>\n

Researchers conclude that the benefits of improved sleep outweigh these minimal effects.<\/p>\n

If you’re worried, regular dental check-ups can help monitor any changes while using an OA.<\/p>\n

There is, however, a way to cure sleep apnea and correct jaw and teeth position at the same time\u2026 easy three-minute jaw exercises. Some people rid themselves of snoring and sleep apnea the first night\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Using or considering using CPAP? Dentists have a better solution. People stick to it and like it more. It\u2019s been around for a while. The reason it hasn\u2019t caught on? Safety concerns. Is the concern valid? Concluded in a new study in the Journal of Prosthodontics. Oral appliances (OAs) are more comfortable than CPAP machines […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":29683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[36,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-sleep"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sleep-Apnea-162678773.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29608"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29694,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29608\/revisions\/29694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}