Snoring Issues
Snoring in Fort Atkinson, WI
Snoring is a loud, disruptive, and unwelcome intruder in your bedroom. While it might be commonly represented as a common habit, it can be linked to many serious dangers. Fortunately, treatment can be successful, letting you and the rest of your house sleep peacefully.
You might have tried other treatments, but the ones we offer can be more effective than those over-the-counter options.
What Causes Snoring?
Why do you snore? The basic cause is anatomical: your airway isn’t wide enough. It might be wide enough during the day when you stand upright, but when you lie down, your muscles relax, and gravity pulls your airway down. This makes your airway narrower.
Breathing through a narrow airway creates a turbulent airflow. Think of the water going through a partly kinked garden hose. This turbulent airflow creates vibrations in your airway, and that’s what you hear.
Snoring can be caused by narrowing at any point in the airway, such as the nose, soft palate, or throat. The loudest and most serious occurs in your throat.
As we said, snoring is often portrayed as a joke, but it’s actually serious. A person might look like they’re sound asleep, but usually, they’re short on oxygen, which means they’re not sleeping well. This can lead to daytime sleepiness.
Sometimes, snoring is a sign of sleep apneaThis link leads to Sleep Apnea page. Sleep apnea causes some deadlyThis link leads to Sleep Apnea Dangers page conditions, including several fatal cardiovascular conditions. There is even some evidence it can cause some of these independently.
Finally, we can’t neglect the household tensions caused by snoring is a common cause of divorce.
Effective Snoring Treatment Exists
We know that many snorers have sought an effective snoring treatmentThis link leads to Snoring Treatment page, only to be disappointed time and again by the unfulfilled promises of sprays, straps, and even mouthguards.
Our prescription oral appliancesThis link leads to Oral Appliance page are customized to your anatomy. They are designed to work for you. In addition, we offer treatment with the DNA and orofacial myofunctional therapy, which seeks to reshape and/or retrain your facial structures to improve your breathing. This can actually cure your snoring.
If you have been told that you snore, you might be tempted to ignore it. But don’t treat snoring lightly: treat it like the medical condition it is. We offer prescription snoring treatments designed for your anatomy to achieve the best results.
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"TMJ Specialist" is not officially recognized by the American Dental Association. Dr. Stafford is a general dentist with many years of training in TMJ and neuromuscular dentistry, even though the specialty is not officially recognized. However, Wisconsin requires the following statement. "Cosmetic dentistry, TMJ, Neuromuscular dentistry, and Aesthetic dentistry are specialty areas not recognized by the ADA that requires no specific educational training to advertise this service".