Oral Appliance Therapy Success in Toothless Patients

    HOLLYWOOD, FL, July 27, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Do you snore? Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obesity are common diseases found in many sleep apnea victims. Oral Appliance Therapy is a successful treatment for mild to moderate OSA sufferers, even for the toothless patient. A recent article published in The Sleep Magazine, by Dr. Barry Freydberg, explains OAT success in the edentulous patient. Dr. Freydberg is a lecturer on Dental Sleep Medicine for Sleep Group Solutions, with upcoming SGS lectures in Maine, Cleveland and Little Rock.

"Dealing with edentulous OSA patients can be a challenge," says Dr. Freydberg. Sometimes wearing the denture at night keeps the jaw forward and that's all the patient may need to manage sleep apnea symptoms. "Although, tongue-retaining devices can also work, but long-term compliance is very weak." Dr. Freydberg treated a 65 yo female with a BMI of 19.4, with no teeth, successfully, with a new set of dentures, implants, and a dorsal appliance.

"A new set of dentures was made with the corrected vertical dimension and with good occlusion. Four implants were placed in the mandible and attached to the new lower denture." says Dr. Freydberg on the therapy. "With this, the patient reported a dissipation of jaw and muscle pain." The new denture was used as the baseline vertical and anterior-posterior position for establishing the jaw position for an oral appliance.

Two subsequent sleep studies were performed, the first to check Dr. Freydberg's work, and the second as a final sleep study for the sleep MD. Oral Appliance Therapy is a proven effective way to manage and treat OSA, in many different types of patients. To learn a Sleep protocol and how to manage cases, attend a lecture with Sleep Group Solutions; upcoming lectures include Portland (Maine), Cleveland and Little Rock. More info here.

About Sleep Group Solution 

Sleep Group Solutions is an airway diagnostic technology company serving the needs of physicians and dentists interested in screening, diagnosing and treating sleep apnea and other upper airway disorders.  Sleep Group Solutions offers the latest screening and diagnostic equipment solutions for patients with allergy, sinus congestion, rhinitis, deviated septum, nasal polyps, snoring and sleep apnea.  SGS offers the most comprehensive dental sleep medicine CE seminars in the industry focused on teaching dentists the protocols needed to make the treatment of snoring and sleep apnea part of their practice.  Sleep Group Solutions offers sleep study interpretation, oral appliances (Norad Boil & Bite, Respire), online directory 1800SleepLab.com and online marketing for CPAP Intolerant patients.  SGS is the manufacturer of the Eccovision Systems Rhinometer and Pharyngometer, and offers Home Sleep Testing devices.

About Dr. Barry Freydberg

Dr. Barry Freydberg, a 1968 graduate of the University Of Illinois College Of Dentistry was a full-time practicing general dentist, until recently, where he now spends most of his chair-side time practicing dental sleep medicine in Illinois and Arizona. He says, "In my senior practice years, sleep medicine is new and fascinating, physically much easier than general dentistry, and more rewarding. And, much less stress and more lucrative." He was named University of Illinois "Alumni of the Year" in 2004. He is a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, a Fellow of the International College of Dentists, a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and a Fellow of the International Academy for Dental-Facial Esthetics. He is a leading speaker on conservative "Prepless" esthetic dentistry and is considered a pioneer in raising dentists' awareness of the ever-growing link between high technology and practice and clinical management.
 

# # #