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Sleep Apnea & Treatments

Sleep Apnea & Treatments. Christy Oxbro, Reg. N Clinical Supervisor Limestone City Sleep Laboratory. “You’re not healthy unless your sleep is healthy” ~ Dr. William Dement. Sleep Apnea. What is it?. Collapse of the Throat. Snoring.

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Sleep Apnea & Treatments

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  1. Sleep Apnea & Treatments Christy Oxbro, Reg. N Clinical Supervisor Limestone City Sleep Laboratory

  2. “You’re not healthy unless your sleep is healthy” ~ Dr. William Dement

  3. Sleep Apnea What is it?

  4. Collapse of the Throat

  5. Snoring Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.

  6. How is it diagnosed? • - overnight sleep study called a polysomnogram • - in a sleep laboratory

  7. Sleep Study

  8. Polysomnography

  9. Treatments for Sleep Apnea • - Weight loss • - Smoking cessation • - Non-supine sleep • - Surgery • - Oral appliances • - PAP machines

  10. Surgery

  11. Dental Oral Appliance

  12. PAP Machine

  13. There’s only one thing people like that’s good for them… A good night’s sleep!

  14. Show and Tell • - different types of oral appliances • - CPAP machines • - different types of masks • - how to be successful

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