CPAP therapy can cause dry mouth, which may lead to cavities and other dental issues. Learn how a humidifier, oral hygiene, and custom oral appliances can help protect your teeth while treating sleep apnea.
Sleep apnea is a medical disorder in which your breathing stops and restarts multiple times while sleeping. While common, the condition can be severe because the throat muscles block the airway, preventing the lungs from receiving enough air. The effects of sleep apnea include loud snoring, restless sleep, headaches, and trouble concentrating during theContinue
If you are suffering from sleep apnea, it can be disruptive to not only your health but to your partner’s as well. Our specialist at Spark Sleep Solutions, Dr. Srujal Shah, has dedicated years of his professional career to helping patients improve their sleep with San Ramon oral devices for sleep apnea. In fact, SparkContinue
Sleep apnea is a serious disorder that causes breathing to repeatedly stop and start during sleep. At Spark Sleep Solutions, we take sleep apnea very seriously and understand that every patient is different and may need individualized treatment options to correct their sleep apnea. At our practice, we offer continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) alternativeContinue
If your partner or spouse has sleep apnea and requires a CPAP machine, mouthpiece or other oral sleep appliance, staying positive and supportive throughout the process of testing, diagnosis and treatment will benefit both of you. Sleep Apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder that affects approximately 22 million Americans, but as many as 80Continue
We’re all familiar with the feeling of wanting to sleep a bit longer rather than getting up and going to work. Some days, it’s just hard to get going—whether due to a poor night’s sleep, staying up too late the night before, or simply not having energy. Unfortunately, some people face this reality every day.Continue
At Spark Sleep Solutions, we’re proud to offer sleep apnea treatments ranging from traditional CPAP machines to light, portable CPAP alternatives for patients throughout San Jose and the Bay Area. But before we can prescribe a treatment, it’s critical to understand more about your condition and the type of sleep apnea you have. Specifically, weContinue
At Spark Sleep Solutions, our mission is to help our patients achieve the deep, restful sleep they deserve, and we’re proud to offer a variety of noninvasive sleep apnea treatments to help achieve that goal. Great sleep is something everyone deserves, and for good reason: sleep loss is a serious problem that can have muchContinue
At our sleep disorders center, we are asked a lot of questions about what we do and how we help our patients. As such, here is what you need to know about a sleep center. A sleep disorders center can play a vital role in determining why a person is not getting the quality sleepContinue
IN A RECENT STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IP&D, UNIVERSITY OF VALE DO PARAÍBA, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, THE ANSWER IS A RESOUNDING, YES! A long-term evaluation was conducted reviewing the systematic assessment of the impact of oral appliance therapy on the temporomandibular joint during treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Their objectiveContinue