What we treat

We can’t guarantee your snoring will stop after treatment, but the vast majority of our patients have had either complete elimination of their snoring or significant reduction in their snoring.

Snoring alone without sleep apnoea has been found to be associated with decreased attention and performance during the day. Sleep apnoea is also associated with attention deficits, memory problems, brain fog, but also associated with high blood pressure, stroke, heart attacks, mood disorders, and many other chronic diseases. Treatment of sleep apnoea with custom-made medical mouth guards, CPAP (for very severe cases), or surgery can help prevent the development of many of these conditions.

We offer oral appliance therapy for patients with mild and moderate sleep apnoea, and for patients with severe sleep apnoea if their AHI is under 50 or don’t want to use CPAP. We test the effectiveness of treatment with home sleep testing over several nights if necessary. Based on our research and results of our clinical trials, custom-made oral appliances for sleep apnoea are as effective as CPAP, it's your choice.

Yes, in most cases. We’ve treated over 20,000 sleep patients with medical sleep apnoea mouth guards, or CPAP, or surgery. In case you’ve chosen to be treated with a mouth guard, and it is not working or causing discomfort, then we’ll discuss alternative treatments. Our expertise is based on the large volume of patients we’ve treated and clinical research we’ve conducted on home sleep testing; and the efficacy of oral appliances for sleep apnoea - all presented at medical meetings and or published in the medical literature.

Oral appliance therapy for sleep apnoea works by preventing the lower jaw and tongue from falling back in your throat when asleep. The deep part of the throat is referred to as the “airway” in medical terms, and is generally narrow. Being overweight, having a narrow jaw, a large tongue, large tonsils, or other anatomic variants that narrow the throat is a risk for developing obstructive sleep apnoea. Oral appliances fit on the upper and lower jaw and keep the lower jaw in a favorable position that allows the airway to remain patent when asleep, especially during deep sleep and REM sleep. This is a very effective treatment for sleep apnoea. The effectiveness is confirmed with home sleep testing when the appliance is in place at night.

We recommend CPAP if you have already tried an oral appliance, and didn't get used to it, or it was ineffective, or you prefer a CPAP for treatment. We also recommend CPAP if you have ongoing dental treatment such as braces, aligners, or dental implants. Your teeth and gums must be in good shape when using an oral appliance, and we recommend you have visited your dentist in the past year, and have no active dental issues. If that is NOT the case, then we recommend CPAP. If your sleep apnoea is extremely severe, we also suggest you try CPAP first, unless you are opposed to it, or have claustrophobia, or have failed CPAP treatment in the past.

Before getting a CPAP you’ll need a home sleep test since CPAP is a medical treatment for sleep apnoea - and you need to know whether or not you have sleep apnoea, and how severe it is.

Side effects of snoring include poor sleep quality - which leads to poor daytime function. Snoring can also cause relationship and marital problems due to the disruption caused to your bed partner. Snoring is a common cause of insomnia in bed partners of snorers.