B. Gail Denko, DMD PC, Dental Sleep Medicine. Specializing in the treatment of patients with snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.

“Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there.”

This site has been created as a resource center...

to aid and the general public in ways to recognize, manage, and treat snoring and sleep apnea though the use of contemporary dentistry methods, as well as provide information about oral appliance therapy.

The Greek word "apnea" means "without breath") and millions of people suffer from the effects of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea. A lot of them struggling to find simple, effective options to resolve their problem. Oral appliance therapy may very well provide the solution. It has been proven to be a highly effective treatment for snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea is very common, and affects more than twelve million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health. Risk factors include being male, overweight, and over the age of forty, but sleep apnea can strike anyone at any age, even children. However because of the lack of awareness by the public and healthcare professionals, the vast majority remain undiagnosed and therefore untreated, despite the fact that this serious disorder can have significant consequences.

We hope this site will make you more informed. Knowledge is power they say.

 

Dentists play an important role in the team approach to the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.

Physicians, dentists, psychologists, and respiratory therapists all pool their knowledge to treat each patient appropriately and effectively.

Dentists who are specifically trained in aspects of sleep medicine and have a command of multiple appliance modalities are of great help to physicians in treating patients with sleep disordered breathing problems.

The National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, can provide you with sleep education materials. As well as publications on heart, lung and blood research:
Two Rockledge Center, Suite 7024, 6701Rockledge Drive, MSC 7920, Betesda, MD 20892-7920
(P)301.435.0199 /
(F) 301.480.3451
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncsdr/

Information about sleep disorders may be obtained from NHLBI:
NHLBI Information Center
P. O. Box 30105, Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
(P) 301.251.1222 / (F) 301.251.122
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/