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Oral Appliances and OSA

About twenty-five percent of men and ten percent of women have Obstructive Sleep Apnea. This is a sleep disorder that can be a serious risk to your health. Fortunately most patients responsd well to treatment, such as the increasingly popular oral appliance. OSA occurs when the soft tissues in the back of the throat collapse…

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Daytime Fatigue? It May Be OSA

People with obstructive sleep apnea struggle to breathe as they sleep, and usually are tired during their waking hours. It’s a common and serious condition, but there is help at Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions in Brentwood and Murfreesboro TN. There are several types of sleep apnea, but obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most…

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Can Obstructive Sleep Apnea Make it More Difficult to Lose Weight?

Have you gained weight during the pandemic and find it difficult to shed the pounds? There are multiple factors that can contribute to weight gain and even weight loss, such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). OSA is a treatable condition at Sleep Apnea and TMJ Solutions in Brentwood and Murfreesboro TN. It has been widely…

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Why Do I Have Sleep Apnea?

Sleep apnea is a surprisingly common condition, affecting upwards of thirty million people in the United States alone. It’s a serious condition that we can treat at Sleep Apnea and TMJ Solutions in Brentwood and Murfreesboro TN. People often wonder why they’ve developed sleep apnea. There is no known cause, but we do know that…

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Sleep Apnea, Then and Now

Sleep apnea is a serious condition affecting millions of Americans, but it wasn’t mentioned in any medical literature until 1965. We’ve come a long way since then, and sleep apnea is one of our specialties at Sleep Apnea and TMJ Solutions in Brentwood and Murfreesboro TN. The symptoms of sleep apnea were known before it…

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Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea: A Significant Health Issue

More and more, health experts are recognizing the threat posed by sleep apnea, a condition associated with potentially life-threatening issues. Fortunately there is effective treatment available at Poss Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions in Brentwood and Murfreesboro TN. As many as twenty-two million Americans have sleep apnea. But remarkably, about eighty percent of them are…

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Sleep Apnea and Oral Appliances

A device called Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is the most commonly-prescribed treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). But a lot of people find it more trouble than it’s worth, and stop using it. At Poss Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions in Brentwood and Murfreesboro TN we have a lot of success treating OSA with…