You are not alone! Recent research suggests that as many as 40%-50% of patients don’t use their prescribed CPAP machines. For those that do use it, it is a wonderful treatment often changing their lives by helping them sleep well.

Unfortunately, for many others using this bedside air breathing device is a nightmare. Patients often struggle with the hoses and masks, and they hate to travel with them. Many patients are simply just too claustrophobic with them in place. And untreated apnea can be life threatening especially in the earlier adult decades.

Luckily, for thousands of individuals, professional oral appliance therapy is now considered the standard of care but the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for mild to moderate OSA and for others who can not tolerate CPAP.

This well researched therapy involves the fitting of a custom made night time oral appliance. Current research has documented that the compliance is far greater with OAT than CPAP because of increased comfort, lack of sleeping constraints, no noise levels, and ease of transportability. Documented research also has shown that even 75% of successful CPAP users who tried OAT would in future take the OAT route even if they had to pay for it in its entirety. However, medical reimbursement for such therapy is quite common.

Patients seeking this type of treatment should be referred to dentist specifically trained in sleep disorders. These dentists work with your physician as part of your medical team in your diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care. Should you find you find oral appliance therapy an effective option for you, you may not only sleep better, but you will feel better knowing that you are treating this life threatening condition.

To find out more about oral appliance therapy visit www.FreeMeFromCPAP.com .

retrieved April 9, 2010 from: Science News Daily

Summary of Article: ScienceDaily (2009-01-12) — Obstructive sleep apnea decreases blood flow to the brain, elevates blood pressure within the brain and eventually harms the brain’s ability to modulate these changes and prevent damage to itself. The findings may help explain why people with sleep apnea are more likely to suffer strokes and to die in their sleep.

Why Should You Follow This Link to Read More? to read the entire article click here!

To give you one more reason to help lead a healthy life, get the sleep you need, and treat your apnea today.

For more information on a CPAP alternative treatment, visit my website, www.TiredOfSnoring.com.
I can help you get the sleep you need – CPAP-Free.

Dr. Lydia Sosenko, D.D.S, D.ABDSM for Dental Sleep Medicine of Illinois

One of our patients stopped in with a copy of this article for me, while I also received numerous emails from patients, friends and family.

Here’s the first paragraph:
By KRIS MAHER for the Wall Street Journal

For the 18 million people with obstructive sleep apnea, the remedy is far from perfect: bulky and expensive masks that some compare to sleeping in scuba gear.

As the number of people with sleep apnea is expected to rise, doctors and medical device makers are trying new treatments. New masks, while still bulky, aim to be more comfortable. Dentists have begun prescribing an appliance that draws the lower jaw forward to create more space in the airway. ( for the rest of this very informative article, please follow this link: The New Face of Sleep )

For all of you that can not tolerate your CPAP, you are not alone!
You have an alternative, Oral Appliance Therapy. I have been successfully helping sleep apnea and snoring sufferers for over 6 years. Oral Appliances are:
~comfortable
~convenient
~affordable
~FDA-approved
~physician recommended
~physician used
~EFFECTIVE

Call my office today to schedule a consultation today, and get the sleep you need!
1-800-SNORING
630-369-5508

Dr. Lydia Sosenko, for Dental Sleep Medicine of Illinois
Treating sleep apnea and snorning patients throughout the Chicagoland area, including Naperville, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Downers Grove, Batavia and Plainfield.

Do you suffer from APNEA? Having difficulty adjusting to sleeping with a CPAP? Dr. Lydia Sosenko, founder of Dental Sleep Medicine of Illinois, has a medically recognized option for you!   Oral appliance therapy (O.A.T.) for apnea has been endorsed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and primary snoring!  Oral Appliances are physician recommended and FDA approved!

“Although the effectiveness of oral appliance therapy has been proven and well researched for over twenty years, many patients suffering with the symptoms of OSA are unaware that this therapy can be their best option.”

Dr. Sosenko is familiar with over 20 FDA approved appliances for snoring and apnea and is not affiliated with any particular laboratory. As a Diplomate of the AADSM (only 143 of 175,705 licensed dentists in the U.S. have attained this advanced status), she is committed to constantly increasing her knowledge in the field of sleep medicine. Call for a consultation visit with  Dr. Sosenko today to discuss which Oral Appliance may be best for you!.

Contact Dr. Sosenko of Dental Sleep Medicine of Illinois at 1-8OO-SNORING in Northern Illinois, or visit www.TiredOfSnoring.com for more information.    �
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Did you know the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) recognizes oral appliances as a first line treatment for mild to moderate sleep apnea?

“Although not as efficacious as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), oral appliances are indicated for use in patients with mild to moderate OSA who prefer oral appliances to CPAP, or who do not respond to CPAP, are not appropriate candidates for CPAP, or who fail treatment attempts with CPAP or treatment with behavioral measures such as weight loss or sleep-position change”

Do you currently own a CPAP machine that you just can not tolerate at night?  Or you wake up to find yourself CPAP-free?  If this is happening in your bed at night, you’re apnea is not being treated.

What should you do?  Ask your doctor to give you another option!  Oral Appliance Therapy.

What is Oral Appliance Therapy?  You can visit Dr. Sosenko’s Website:  http://tiredofsnoring.com/oral_appliance_therapy.htm to help you quickly educate yourself on  everything you need to know.

 How would you rather sleep at night and treat your apnea and snoring?

Dr. Sosenko is passionate about giving snoring and sleep apnea patients treatment options!  Her Patients visit her Naperville office from cities and villages throughout the Western Suburbs, including Wheaton, Lisle, Glen Ellyn, Downers Grove, Lisle, Woodrige, Burr Ridge, St. Charles, Plainfield, Oswego, and many more.  Call our office today – 1-800-SNORING, for more information on how we can help you sleep!