Sleep and Health Journal

I have been treating severe headaches, migraines, movement disorders, facial pain, sinus pain for years utilizing Neuromusclar Dentistry. Some Neuromuscular Dentists report helping MS patients as well. This is an article about a London, Dentist who is also treating TMJ problems and associated Neuromuscular conditions. I thought my readers would be interested:

An extremely interesting abstract can be foun in the Sleep Abstract Supplement "A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF NASAL EXPIRATORY RESISTANCE AS A TREATMENT FOR OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA" by Berry RB1, Massie C2, Kryger . In their article they talk about the urgent need for alternatives to CPAP because of the dismal compliance to CPAP.

Sleep apnea is a serious life threatening problem that is known to greatly increase risks of heart attacks and strokes. Patients with untreated sleep apnea have up to a six fold increase in motor vehicle accidents, short term memory loss, problems with elevated blood pressure, increased insulin resistance and many other problems.

Reducing tinnitus may be a side effect of treating sleep apnea and/or snoring with oral appliances. The study "Systematic assessment of the impact of oral appliance therapy on the temporomandibular joint during treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: long-term evaluation" The study found that seven out of nine patients wearing an oral appliance to treat sleep apnea had improvments in tinnitus.

The following is a reprint of a 24/7 press release. I hhate CPAP.com has remarkable growth and is succeeding in its goal of marketing Dental Sleep Medicine and Oral Appliance Therapy for treating sleep apnea.

PRESS RELEASE: November 11, 2009

Michael Farrell is the global head of ResMed’s Sleep Business Unit. As a Senior Vice President of the second largest maker of CPAP his October 1,2009 announcement that it had acquired Laboratoires Narval (“Narval”) in Lyon. Narval is the French manufacturer and distributer of oral appliances for the treatment of sleep