If you’ve decided to seek treatment for obstructive sleep apnea using an oral appliance, you may not know that there’s more than one type. While they are all designed to perform the same function, there’s really no one-size-fits-all option for sleep apnea appliances. Instead, you and your sleep dentist should review the many types of oral appliances, discuss the benefits of each, and find the option that meets your needs. In this post, we’ll review information about one of the many available oral appliances for sleep apnea treatment – the Narval appliance.
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Sleep apnea is one of the most common sleep disorders. It occurs when people fail to breathe in and out during sleep. Cessations of breath lasting ten or more seconds are considered apnea events. Patients suffering from this disorder may have 100s or 1000s of apnea events each night. Traditionally, patients received treatment using continuous positive airway systems, but many people are unable to adjust to these sleep apnea therapies. If you’re struggling to adjust to your CPAP system, you may want to consider receiving an oral appliance from your dentist. There are many