LIFESTYLE
The Center for Sleep Apnea and TMJ is a dental clinic dedicated to helping you achieve the lifestyle you want. By treating your TMJ and Sleep apnea, we remove some of the obstacles between where you are and where you want to be!
A Better Quality of Life
For many patients, relatively simple lifestyle changes can make a significant impact on the severity of their sleep disordered breathing and TMJ related pain.
Simple changes that make an impact:
- Weight loss
- Avoidance of sedatives and/or alcohol before bed
- Avoiding sleep on your back
- Reduce night time stress
However, if you are not significantly overweight, don’t use alcohol/sedatives, or don’t sleep on your back, then these changes will have little effect.
In cases such as these, you should seek the advice of your family doctor to evaluate for a possible sleep disorder. While sleep apnea just a few years ago was considered to be a disease of “fat, older men,” doctors are now finding significant sleep apnea in thin women and even children.
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