I Hate CPAP Comes to Jacksonville, Florida Serving All of Duval County. Do you hate CPAP? Call Dr. Barton at Powerful Smiles

    JACKSONVILLE, FL, February 20, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Barton is improving lives in Jacksonville, Florida and all around Duval country 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. Joseph Barton has joined the national I Hate CPAP campaign and launched www.Jacksonville.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- www.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. Barton received his Doctor of Dental Medicine from University of Florida in 1986. He is also a graduate of and instructor with the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI). In 2005 Dr. Barton achieved the LVI Mastership Award, one of the first three awarded, and was also the Inaugural President of the International Association of Comprehensive Aesthetics.

Dr. Barton is an active member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, North American Neuromuscular Study Club, International College of Cranio-Mandibular Orthopedics, American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, International Association of Comprehensive Aesthetics, LVI Global Professional Organization, American Dental Association, American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, Florida Dental Association as well as several local dental societies and study clubs.

Contact Joseph Barton, DDS at Powerful Smiles by visiting http://www.Jacksonville.IHateCPAP.com or in the find a dentist section of www.ihatecpap.com or call 904-733-9144.

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