Dr. Mark Levy Launches I Hate CPAP Campaign to Introduce Oral Appliance and CPAP Alternative Options to Greater Columbus, Ohio Sleep Apnea Sufferers Who Can't Tolerate CPAP

    COLUMBUS, OH, January 11, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Mark L. Levy DDS joins national I Hate CPAP campaign to introduce oral appliance options to the many folks who can't tolerate CPAP. Do you hate CPAP? Call Dr. Levy at StoneRidge Dental Care.

Dr. Levy is improving lives in Gahanna, Columbus and all around Ohio with custom night-use oral appliances that keep the airway open, ensuring a restful night sleep and lowering his patients' risk of stroke, heart disease, and sleep-related car accidents.

Sleep apnea is a life threatening medical condition that is often treated with the CPAP machine. The problem is less than half the people prescribed CPAP use it regularly. Dr. Mark Levy has joined the national I Hate CPAP campaign and launched www.Columbus.IHateCPAP.com to introduce oral appliance and cpap alternative options to sleep apnea sufferers who can't tolerate CPAP or have stopped using it.

Oral appliances have become a first-line therapy for the treatment of snoring and mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea according to a recent article in Sleepmatters published by the National Sleep Foundation.

The online sleep medicine resource- IHATECPAP.com - founded by Dr Ira L Shapira of Gurnee, Illinois- promotes sleep medicine and emotionally connect with patients who have abandoned CPAP treatment due to negative experiences. Dr. Shapira points out that the online site and marketing program does not 'hate' CPAP, however many patients do which is why the site and program's name attracts thousands of patients and family members in search of a CPAP alternatives that can improve their sleep, health and prolong their lives.

The Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine supports the use of lightweight easy to use dental appliances that eliminates the inconvenience of carrying CPAP equipment when traveling and gives rest to those folks who don't like or want a CPAP.

Dr. Levy - a lifelong resident of Columbus- has been practicing dentistry for almost 30 years, and has studied with some of the world's leading practitioners in the field of Dental Sleep Apnea. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University College of Dentistry and is the senior partner of StoneRidge Dental Care, which he co-founded in 1996.

He is an active member of D.O.S.A. (Dental Organization for Sleep Apnea), A.A.D.S.M. (The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine), and A.A.S.M (American Association of Sleep Medicine). Additionally, Dr. Levy was the first dentist in Central Ohio to be trained in the discipline of combining aesthetic dentistry and neuromuscular dentistry to provide esthetics as well as function in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction (TMJ).

Contact Dr. Mark L. Levy DDS at StoneRidge Dental Care by visiting http://www.Columbus.IHateCPAP.com or in the find a dentist section of ihatecpap.com or call 614-476-6696.

Dr. Mark Levy has joined the national I Hate CPAP campaign and launched www.Columbus.IHateCPAP.com to introduce oral appliance and cpap alternative options to sleep apnea sufferers who can't tolerate CPAP or have stopped using it.

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