Did you know that sleep apnea can shorten your life? It’s true! Sleep apnea results in a lack of oxygen to your vital organs including your heart and brain. Over time, oxygen deprivation from sleep apnea can result in an increased risk of having a stroke, a heart attack, memory…
Millions of adults in the U.S. are affected by a sleep disorder known as obstructive sleep apnea. The condition is characterized by disruptive snoring and brief pauses in breathing throughout the night. If you are affected by snoring and sleep apnea, oral appliance therapy could help you achieve more restful…
Did you know that your dentist doesn’t just treat your teeth, but sleep apnea as well? Dental sleep medicine focuses on oral appliances for treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). This condition is recognizable by the tissue in the back of an individual’s throat collapsing as they sleep, blocking the airways…
Treating sleep apnea can help you avoid serious health complications. Unfortunately, sleep apnea treatment methods aren’t always so comfortable. If your continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine keeps you up at night, your Denver, CO, dentist, Dr. Steven Wilk of Denver Sleep Apnea Center offers a more pleasant sleep apnea…
If you snore, it can be more than a nuisance noise. At the Center for Headache, TMJ, and Sleep Disorders in Denver, Dr. Steven Wilk works with people whose snoring is a symptom of sleep apnea, a serious medical condition. Learn more here. What is sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is…
The month of March brings the first day of spring, when nature seems to wake up after a restful winter slumber. It also brings Sleep Awareness Week, which leads us to ask: How’s your sleep? For around one of every three people, the answer seems to be: Not so good! In fact,…
Sleep — you’ll spend a third of your life in its blissful embrace. But it isn’t a luxury: you need it as much as nutrition and exercise. An occasional bad night’s sleep leaves you irritable and drowsy; a bad night’s sleep every night could endanger your health. One of the most common…
