Sleep dentistry is what sleep specialists and dentists diagnose to help people with sleep problems and help with easing/treating sleep apnea and snoring symptoms.

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA OR OSA

It occurs when tissue in the back of the throat collapses and blocks the airway while you’re sleeping, cutting the amount of oxygen delivered throughout the body. When blood-oxygen levels drop low enough, you momentarily wake up.

Snorers may also lose sleep, sometimes because their own loud honking rouses them, not to mention their partners too.

Symptoms that you might have OSA

1. Always tired
2. Loud snoring
3. Episodes in which you stop breathing during sleep Gasping for air during sleep
4. Awakening with a dry mouth
5. Morning headache
6. Difficulty staying asleep (insomnia)
7. Excessive daytime sleepiness (hypersomnia)
8. Difficulty paying attention while awake
9. Irritability

Factors that increase the risk of Apnea:

• Excess weight
• Thicker neck circumference
• A narrowed airway
• Tonsils or adenoids 
• Men are two to three times more likely to have sleep apnea than women. 
• Being older
• Family history
• Use of alcohol, sedatives or tranquillisers
• Smoking
• Nasal congestion
• Medical conditions like  Congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and Parkinson’s disease are some of the conditions that may increase the risk of obstructive sleep apnea