The easiest way to find someone who would benefit from an oral appliance is to find people who have been diagnosed with sleep apnea and won’t wear their C-PAP. But do you know how many tired people there are that haven’t been diagnosed? “It’s my thyroid”, “it’s vitamin D deficiency”, “it’s just snoring…” It’s no joke.
Talk to your doctor, talk to your dentist, schedule a consult with a sleep physician or myself. I have treated many middle-aged petite women that a doctor would never suspect would have sleep apnea, but their sleep study shows a different story. Even I am a snorer much to my husband’s dismay. A person’s airway can be compromised by so many more things than a thick neck. Make the connection! Being tired and exhausted is not how you need to live!
