Sleep Apnea
What Is It And How Can It Be Treated?
Sleep Apnea is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts.
An Explanation Of Sleep Apnea and the Best Way To Treat It
Book An Appointment Now:
Fill in your details and we will contact you shortly to confirm your appointment.
More Details
Up to 40% of the population in industrialised countries snore. The decreasing muscle tone during the sleep causes a narrowing of the upper respiratory tract. This narrowing accelerates the respiratory airflow, thereby various structures in the area of the upper respiratory tract start to vibrate and cause the snoring noise. So snoring is a mechanical process that can be counteracted mechanically. Here the dental therapy comes into action. Light or primary snoring do not have consequences on health whereas the rhonchopathy, the abnormal snoring does.
Sleep Apnea is, at a certain level of severity, a serious disease that may cause not only sleepiness but also serious systemic diseases. The apnea is a total respiratory stop. The obstructive apnea is a complete occlusion of the respiratory tract whereas in case of the central apnea the central respiratory reflex arrests. The hypopnea is a reduction in the respiratory flow by more than 50%. Obstructive apnea is characterised by an interruption of the very noisy snoring. The central apnea, however, has no external signs.
The Solensor-sl consists of on splint for the upper jaw and one splint for the lower jaw. The lower jaw is either held in a predetermined position or advanced by 2 connectors that are fixed laterally to the splint. The Silensor-sl this counteracts the narrowing of the respiratory tracts. The velocity of the inspired air decreases and so do noise-generation vibrations of the soft tissues. With the Silensor-sl jaw movements are possible but no falling back of the lower jaw. With this function in the Silensor-sl is a comfortable and at the same time effective snore guard. Clinical tests have shown that the advancement of the lower jaw considerably reduces snoring at more than 80% of the patients.
The Silensor-sl
Dr Hafsa Alidrissi is an expert in sleep apnea in Dubai and utilises the Silensor-sl device with her patients. It is an effective treatment with a proven track record. Contact her for a consultation.
Fellowship in temporomandibular disorder (TMD) orofacial pain and dental sleep medicine.
Book An Appointment
Fill in your details and we will contact you shortly to confirm your appointment.