It can be really hard to perform at maximum capacity if you haven’t had a good night’s sleep. Even the simplest of tasks can be tough if you haven’t had enough sleep to concentrate. So what is it that’s causing you to lose sleep? Many people suffer from something called sleep apnea, which means you stop breathing for a few seconds in your sleep. And this doesn’t just happen once, it can happen hundreds of time every night. How is that possible and what causes it?

Millions of adults suffer from the most common form of Summerlin sleep apnea, which is called obstructive sleep apnea. If you’re asleep and your tongue slips toward the back of your throat and closes off your air supply, you stop breathing for just a few seconds. Once your brain realizes what’s going on, your body jars a little and your tongue moves forward and everything is back to normal, until it happens again.

Why would you see a dentist for Summerlin sleep apnea? There are dental appliances or dental mouth guards that can be made specifically to fit your mouth to help keep your tongue in place while you sleep. These dental mouth guards help keep your airway open so that you can get a good night of sleep without the constant interruptions that sleep apnea can cause. If this sounds like a problem you might have, make an appointment with Moore Family Dentistry and we’ll see if oral appliance therapy is something that could help you get a better night of sleep. Give us a call at 702-254-6700 and make an appointment at our Summerlin dental office today.

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For those who are not familiar with sleep apnea, you may be familiar with the loud snoring of someone in your family. Chances are they snore for a bit, stop snoring suddenly, and then gasp for air as they begin to breathe again. If that sounds familiar, you need to bring that person (or yourself) to Moore Family Dentistry for a sleep apnea checkup. We may be able to help with a Las Vegas sleep apnea appliance that simply fits in your mouth when you sleep.

With certain types of sleep apnea your tongue simply slips to the back of your throat and blocks your airway. When that happens, your sleep gets interrupted and your brain actually wakes up briefly so that you start to breathe again. When we make a special dental mouth guard for you that is designed to fit the shape of your mouth, you’ll find that your tongue can no longer get in the way and your airway is kept open so you can sleep more soundly.

So if someone in your family is keeping you up at night with loud snoring, call Moore Family Dentistry at 702-254-6700 and make an appointment. Let us make a Las Vegas sleep apnea appliance for you.

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