Millions of Americans cope with the effects of sleep apnea, which can range from excessive daytime sleepiness to serious health threats. Fortunately it can be treated at Poss Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions in Brentwood TN, but the first step is a diagnosis. If you’ve spoken to your physician about sleep concerns, he or she…
Temporomandibular disorder is a condition affecting the jaw, which makes it painful just to open and close your mouth. It’s even painful to say it, and perhaps mercifully, it is usually reerred to as TMJ or TMD. It’s one of our specialties at Poss Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions in Brentwood TN. The exact cause…
Sleep apnea is more common than your might think: it’s estimated that eighteen million Americans have the most common form. But surprisingly, only one of every five have been diagnosed and treated. It is one of our specialties at Poss Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions in Brentwood TN. Most often, sleep apnea is the restul…
The human jaw is a marvel of evolution. It is a hinge joint that allows us to move the lower jaw now only up and down, but from side to side so that we can bite and chew and grind food, as well as talk and yawn. But problems can arise with all that movement,…
Patients who are diagnosed with sleep apnea and are not tolerating their CPAP treatment look for substitutes to remedy their sleeping problems. A common alternative is a dental solution with the desire for a less obtrusive and more affordable treatment. Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions – Dr. Stephen D. Poss of greater Nashville, TN can…
As many as 26% of all adults in American suffer from sleep apnea, a condition typified by intermittent periods of not breathing during their sleep. Additionally, many of these patients cannot tolerate the only proven current therapy, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. Normally, when people take a breath of air, it enters through the…
Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder during which breathing stops and starts regularly throughout the night. If you’ve been told that you snore and you also are tired after a full night’s sleep, you might have the disorder, and you can contact Dr. Stephen Poss at Sleep Apnea Solutions in Brentwood, TN. for an…
Continuous Positive Air Pressure therapy, commonly called C-PAP, is the most common treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and it’s available at Poss Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions in Brentwood. Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is the most common form of the condition. The sleeper’s airway closes involuntarily, cutting off the supply of oxygen to the brain….
Your lower jaw is connected to your skull by the two joints on each side of your head. They are complex joints, described by a complex word: temporomandibular. When something goes wrong with these joints it can be painful, but there is treatment available at Poss Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions in Brentwood TN. The…
The most common type of sleep apnea is called Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), and its most common symptom is loud snoring. But it isn’t the only symptom. There is help available at Poss Sleep Apnea & TMJ Solutions in Brentwood TN. People with OSA stop breathing during the night. This can happen over and over,…
