Is Snoring Ruining Your Relationship? Hate CPAP? Need to Sleep through the Night? Try a Custom Oral Appliance from Dentistry at Oak Ridge Serving the Greater Toronto area - Call 905-773-3306

    RICHMOND HILL, ON, September 02, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- An estimated 40% of adult men and 24% of adult women suffer from habitual snoring, according to a report by the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM). In addition, the AADSM has found that 50% of snorers have Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), a dangerous, life threatening disorder that affects nearly 20 million Americans.

Dr. David J. Stern, located at Dentistry at Oak Ridge at 13291 Yonge Street, Suite 102, Richmond Hill, ON L4E 4L6, can answer your questions about your sleep disorder, sleep disorder symptoms and your sleep deficit. Dr. Stern can provide patients with a dental sleep medicine solution.

"Forty million people in the US suffer from chronic long-term sleep disorders each year," notes nationally recognized sleep medicine expert, Dr. Ira Shapira. "Obstructive Sleep Apnea can lead to hypertension, heart attack, stroke, depression, muscle pain, fibromyalgia, morning headaches and excessive daytime sleepiness."

Dr. Stern is a member of the I Hate CPAP Network - http://ontario.ihatecpap.com/ - which provides an appliance alternative to CPAP for sleep and snoring suffers who can't tolerate CPAP or want a comfortable no-mask treatment option.

Oral appliance therapy is much better tolerated by patients and treatment compliance is estimated at 90-95%, according to the AADSM. "Oral appliances for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea offer patients a treatment option that is safe, effective and easy to use," according to the National Sleep Foundation. Oral appliances are also approved by the FDA.

Dr. Stern has been treating patients for Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, in conjunction with Medical Doctors, for the last eighteen years, and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr. Stern also practices cosmetic and family dentistry. Dr. Stern utilizes adjustable mandibular advancing appliances that are custom fitted and selected and adjusted depending on the patients need. Dr. Stern uses many appliances including; The Somnodent, Silencer, Tap and Klearway Appliances.

Want to sleep better tonight? Call Dr. David J. Stern at 905-773-3306 or visit http://ontario.ihatecpap.com/.

For the last 23 years, Dr. Stern has maintained a successful private practice in the Greater Toronto Area. In addition to general dentistry, Dr. Stern devotes a large portion of his practice to the treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing using oral appliance therapy. Dr. Stern is a member of The Ontario Dental Association (O.D.A.), The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (A.A.C.D.), The National Sleep Foundation, The Canadian Sleep Society (C.S.S.) and is a Diplomat of The American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (A.B.D.S.M).

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