Oral Appliance for Sleep Apnea: A Patient's Story

Another patient testimonial brought to you by the Modern Nose Clinic.

The Oral Appliance:

Dr. Skarada:

Okay, this is Doug Skarada with the Modern Nose Clinic, and this is one of my long-standing patients. I'm gonna miss her sorely as she is moving off to Florida; the great state of Florida. So, Joyce, would you mind telling me, has the oral appliance been a good experience for you or not?

Joyce:

Way better than the machine.

Dr. Skarada:

You had to use CPAP before, and that was a challenge.

Joyce:

Yeah, I thought I was choking to death or being-

In unison:

- suffocated.

Dr. Skarada:

Yeah. And so – and now you're able to get a good night's sleep wearing your oral appliance?

Joyce:

Yeah, I dream all the time, too. I never used to dream.

Dr. Skarada:

That is a good thing. As it turns out, 25% of your body's energy is consumed in the brain, and yet it only represents 2% of the body, so it runs hot all day long, and when you sleep is when you're actually healing your brain, so getting a good night's sleep will protect you from things like Alzheimer's disease and memory disorder; we definitely want to do that. So.

Joyce:

Good, because my memory is a little bit questionable.

Dr. Skarada:

Well, Joyce, you have the best adventure in Florida. Okay?

Joyce:

I will. I will. But that's like cleaning my regular – my old Invisalign. You know, when you throw 'em in the thing and soak 'em a little bit, scrub a little bit, it'll brush it right off.

Dr. Skarada:

See, Joyce is mentioning that keeping these things clean is really easy. With the CPAP, she's worried about mold and the circuits; you have to throw them out and buy new circuits every couple of months or so, but the oral appliance is relatively simple. Is that correct?

Joyce:

That is correct.

Dr. Skarada:

Anything else?

Joyce:

It's comfortable.

Dr. Skarada:

That's good to hear, too. That's good.

Joyce:

Doesn't bother me a bit!

Dr. Skarada:

All right. All right! Signing off! Modern Nose Clinic.

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Joyce felt that her oral appliance was more comfortable, was easy to take care of, easy to clean, required no disposables, and was successful for her. Thank you.