by Melbourne Dental Sleep Clinic Team | May 30, 2022 | Sleep Apnoea
CPAP, or continuous positive airway pressure therapy is an effective way to treat patients who have breathing difficulties and obstructive sleep apnoea. It makes use of gentle air pressure to physically keep your airways open while you sleep at night. It does the...
by Melbourne Dental Sleep Clinic Team | Feb 28, 2022 | Sleep Apnoea
If you have recently been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), your healthcare practitioner has probably mentioned two types of treatment: a mouth guard or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). For many people, a CPAP machine is intolerable and...
by Melbourne Dental Sleep Clinic Team | Nov 30, 2021 | Sleep Apnoea
Snoring affects millions of people around the world at different times in their lives but if you are a chronic snorer whose habit is affecting your bed partner’s ability to get a good night’s sleep, it could be a sign of a problem. If you think you’ve tried everything...
by Melbourne Dental Sleep Clinic Team | Oct 21, 2021 | Sleep Apnoea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a breathing-related sleep disorder that causes you to stop and start breathing multiple times during the night while you are asleep. When you have OSA, the muscles in your throat collapse, restricting your airway and stopping you from...
by Melbourne Dental Sleep Clinic Team | Aug 31, 2021 | Sleep Apnoea
One of the more common sleep disorders, obstructive sleep apnoea is a serious condition that results in the closure of your airways while you are asleep. When your airways collapse, your brain tries to wake you up to get oxygen. For some people, this can happen...
by Melbourne Dental Sleep Clinic Team | Apr 30, 2021 | Sleep Apnoea
Obstructive Sleep apnoea (OSA) is a relatively common sleep disorder, affecting as many as one in four men in Australia. Because it occurs when you are asleep the symptoms of sleep apnoea may take a while for you to notice – or perhaps your bed partner has been...