Oral Surgery Can Help Resolve Sleep Apnea
by Brian Yalung on Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Sleep apnea has been known to originate from blocked passages in people and addressing them in the best way that anyone can will surely be a good way to whittle down the possibilities of blocked airways that deprives people of sleeping.
The airways are important once people are sleeping and through some procedures governing the areas of throat and mouth, a cure may be in sight for people who want to address the whole sleep apnea issue.
“Continuous positive airway pressure, or CPAP, is a well-established treatment for sleep apnea,” said lead study author Akram Khan, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Florida Jacksonville, “and while most patients tolerate it well, some are unable to tolerate it or don’t want to, and those patients need alternative means of treatment.”
Read more: Oral Surgery Can Eliminate Obstructive Sleep Apnea In Some Patients
