Many patients assume that a dentist is strictly responsible for cleaning their teeth, but don’t realize that dentists in the Newbury Park and Westlake Village areas are responsible for detecting larger oral health conditions. One of those is obstructive sleep apnea, which impacts one in 15 adults. Unfortunately, however, obstructive sleep apnea is the most commonly undiagnosed chronic disease in the country. Nearly 80 percent of people that suffer from obstructive sleep apnea are unaware of the condition from which they suffer. Read more

Millions of Americans sleep in pairs. This is great for couple intimacy, but it also means you have to put up with each other’s sleeping habits like tossing and turning and snoring. And while sometimes snoring is just something you learn to live with, it can also be a sign of sleep apnea, a condition that causes the airway to close partially or completely and causes both loud snoring and a restless sleep as your body wakes up to avoid suffocating. Read more

Millions of people snore.  Some snore all night and in all positions, and some only snore when they sleep on their backs.  The condition that causes snoring is a partially obstructed airway, which means the throat muscles relax to the point that they get in the way and vibrate as you breathe.  But despite how that sounds, you can snore like a truck downshifting on the highway and have absolutely no trouble breathing at night.  Sleep apnea is a step above even that. Read more

Recently, a new device has been tested in hopes of curing sleep apnea. The magnetic device, called Magnap, uses two magnets to hold open air passages at night. The closure of these air passages causes sleep apnea. Read more

Snoring is one of the most often heard complaints when it comes to marital issues. It causes more problems than we usually consider because it is often seen as a silly thing to get upset about but the repercussions of letting it slide can be catastrophic for a relationship. Snoring isn’t the only sign of sleep disorder that might cause some turmoil in your relationship. There are plenty of things that happen in your sleep, things dentists can fix, that will irritate your partner. Read more