Oral Appliance Therapy (also called OAT and mouth appliance) may be the preferred treatment for the patients who snore and/or quit breathing as they sleep, officially called Sleep Apnea. A sleep consultation to get to know you and your health and sleep concerns, discuss different treatment options.
If an oral appliance is an appropriate treatment, we document information about your teeth, gums, tongue, throat, jaw joint, and neck. We then get impressions of your teeth and how your upper and lower jaws fit with each other. Your impressions are sent to a lab specializing in fabricating a comfortable, exact fitting, effective mouth appliance for treatment of your sleep breathing disorder.
If an oral appliance is an appropriate treatment, we document information about your teeth, gums, tongue, throat, jaw joint, and neck. We then get impressions of your teeth and how your upper and lower jaws fit with each other. Your impressions are sent to a lab specializing in fabricating a comfortable, exact fitting, effective mouth appliance for treatment of your sleep breathing disorder.
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Snoring and Sleep Apnea is not just a matter of waking up tired. Poor breathing or not breathing while you're asleep is associated with many diseases including high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, gastric reflux and diabetes. Mouth appliances made by this dental office can help patients with mild and moderate Sleep Breathing Disorders and patients who can not use a CPAP machine.
According to an Institute of Medicine report, it has been estimated that 50-70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep disorders including sleep disorder breathing. Daytime sleepiness costs the American economy an estimated $150 billion in lost worker productivity and worker accidents. Daytime sleepiness contributes to nearly 1 in 5 car accidents that cause serious injury and $48 billion is spent each year treating those injured.
Have you been reading about health care facilities making the change to digital record keeping? The move away from paper charts and film radiographs has been a challenge (just ask our staff!) Digital dental x-rays (radiographs) can reduce the already low exposure of dental x-ray films by one half to one third.
Here are some of the commonly asked questions about Dr Todd Haworth's dental practice. We hope this list is helpful and when you have additional questions for us please contact the office directly and talk to the friendly staff at 360- 457-5152. We are always glad to accept new patients in to the practice.
Before your first appointment with us, you can print and complete these important documents if you wish. We hope this makes filling out the paperwork less rushed for you and allows you to accurately inform Dr. Haworth and his staff about yourself. If you have any questions about these forms, please feel free to ask Dr. Haworth or one of his staff members about them.
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