Listen to the podcast here. Typically, headaches caused by sleep apnea are called morning headaches. They start when you wake up and tend to improve over a few hours. They can look like tension headaches or migraines. In one study, 20% of people diagnosed with sleep apnea had morning headaches. According to the American Migraine Foundation, people living with this condition are between t ...
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Listen to the podcast here. By Ronald S. Prehn, ThM, DDS It is estimated that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects at least 25 million Americans.1 OSA occurs when a patient’s airway gets blocked during sleep. The benefits of physicians prescribing overnight pulse oximetry testing to pre-screen for OSA are well known.2 In addition, studies supporting the use of overnight pulse o ...
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Listen to the podcast here. A study published in the Science Translational Medicine suggests that cholesterol, a common culprit in heart disease, plays a special role in raising risk for people with sleep apnea. Dr. Klar Yaggi, a heart and sleep medicine physician at Yale School of Medicine explains why there are other reasons why sleep apnea could be bad for heart health. “Slee ...
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Listen to the podcast here. The combination of clear aligners and HFV or MOPs can resolve a variety of issues associated with previous botched orthodontic treatments by achieving maxillary growth and palatal expansion. These treatments have shown to be proven effective in treating temporomandibular disorders that may occur after improper orthodontic treatment. Case Studies of Dr. Ben Mi ...
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Listen to the podcast here. Have you been at the beach or in a parking lot and noticed those Y-shaped green plastic pieces on the ground? Have you wondered what they are? Don’t get grossed out, but they are used flossers! Created as a convenience item for people to “floss on the go,” they often end up littering our shorelines, parks and public areas. It makes one think that we’re ...
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