When you suffer from chronic snoring and daytime drowsiness, this could mean the presence of sleep apnea. Treatment is needed so you can not only rest, but avoid complications with your heart health too. In today’s blog, your Greenville, TX, dentist talks about how we assess your sleep quality.

When You Need to Seek Treatment

When should you talk to our team about your poor sleep? People who struggle with sleep apnea often snore chronically. They wake in the night gasping for air or struggling to breathe, and may wake with dry mouth too. During the day, they are more likely to struggle with memory and connection, and could feel irritable too. Don’t ignore these possible symptoms, talk to our team about a sleep assessment to see if you need treatment! Otherwise, the disorder could strain your heart health to increase the risk of heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and heart attack. Your immune system could be strained too, and this could increase the risk of serious memory issues.

Our Sleep Assessment

Our team will ask you questions about your daily routine and possible risk factors and symptoms to assess your risk of sleep apnea. Obesity and high blood pressure are common factors, so we will look at these, as well as the presence of chronic snoring. We will talk about your energy levels and daytime drowsiness, as well as how fast you lose energy during waking hours. Our team wants to discuss how well you breathe at night, mental health, and your levels of irritability. We will also talk about possible depression symptoms, as depression is linked to poor sleep and this disorder.

Starting Your Treatment

Following your assessment, if we find you have sleep apnea we will discuss possible treatments. For most patients, we will provide an oral appliance. The device is worn like a mouthguard as you sleep. But the device helps support oral structures and repositions the lower jaw and tongue to help prevent the collapse of soft tissues and to ensure airways remain free and clear during the night. You then sleep without interruption and wake up feeling more rested and alert the next day.

If you have any questions about our sleep assessment, or if you think you need to schedule one, then reach out to our team today to discuss treatment. We want to help you sleep easier and enjoy better quality of life as a result!

Learn More About How We Measure Your Sleep Quality

Our team wants to help you rest without complication and feel more alert the next day with our sleep assessment and custom oral appliance. To learn more about our sleep assessment or to schedule a consultation, call Dental Sleep Solutions in Greenville, TX, today at 903-455-0516.