Angry that you weren't told about an alternative to CPAP?

CPAP is a wonderful therapy for thousands of patients who suffer from sleep apnea, but thousands more, for one reason or another, cannot tolerate their prescribed CPAP units. It may be irritation from the mask, it may be the feeling of being tethered to a machine, or it may be a feeling of claustrophobia.

Whatever the reason, many people simply cannot tolerate CPAP and just go without therapy because they are not being told about a medically approved alternative treatment that works nearly as well and is medically approved.

Oral appliances are small dental mouthpieces that hold the jaw in a forward position splinting the airway during sleep. Now I'm not referring to those over-the-counter devices that are being sold(illegally) over the Internet but to well-researched therapeutic appliances that are provided by dentists who have received special post-doctoral education and who work closely with their patients' physicians. The published research documents the efficacy of these appliances.

So don't be angry, just find a qualified dentist and get treated.

Dr.Barsh