Is Your Life Passing You By?

Do you spend countless hours at night tossing and turning? Trying to get comfortable only to be woken up by your sleep apnea? Or do you wake up feeling tired, even though you slept 8 or 9 hours? Sleep apnea is not something that is just in your head, it is a real thing that can be impacting your life negatively. You may feel that everyone is passing you by and you are sitting on the train still confused. Sleep apnea can cause you to feel that you cannot keep up, cause you to be depressed or unable to complete tasks you used to do easily.

No more! Today is the day you can take your life back and re-join the world. A simple visit to Dr. Strutz and her team can have you fitted for a dental appliance contoured and fit for your mouth specifically. No bulky machine that requires you to plug it in at night. One simple dental appliance that can open up your jaw and prevent you from being impacted by the negatives of sleep apnea.

For more information on dental appliances for sleep apnea contact Dr. Strutz and her team today, and live a better life tomorrow.

Have You Slept Yet?

It is time to take back your life, and tell your sleep apnea that it will not control you. You may have spent many restless nights, waking up in order for your body to get the breath it needs. Do you feel trapped inside your own body and are screaming for a way out? Well you do not have to suffer a minute longer. Dr. Judy Strutz and her team are able to conduct a dental consultation, and evaluate whether you are a candidate for a dental sleep device.

No more waking up tired, falling asleep at your desk or being irritable with your kids when they ask you for something. It is time you begin to get the night’s rest you deserve and take back the life you want.  Depending on the severity of your sleep apnea, you may wake up as many as 100x in an hour. This pattern does not allow your body to reach the rem sleep pattern it needs in order to function at optimal levels.

Sleep apnea has negative impacts that can bleed into other aspects of your life. If you are feeling tired and restless at 2:00 pm you may find yourself reaching for the extra caffeine to keep you awake. Caffeine not only negatively impacts your teeth and gums, but it can also cause unnecessary damage to your overall health.

For more information on sleep apnea contact Dr. Strutz today!

Are You Getting Enough Sleep?

It can be incredibly difficult to determine if you are getting enough sleep or if you are one of the millions impacted by sleep apnea. While there are several app’s that can be utilized in order to analyze your sleep, you can also take this short quiz if you think that you may have sleep apnea. If you answer yes to four out of five questions, you might want to consider scheduling an appointment with Dr. Judy Strutz for sleep apnea help today.

1.     Do you feel tired after you wake up? Often people report that they feel overly tired when they wake up. They may yawn or feel the need to drink more coffee and caffeinated beverages to stay awake throughout the day.

2.     Do you wake up suddenly feeling like you can’t catch your breath? Sleep apnea can cause you to stop breathing in the middle of the night and you may wake up several times throughout the night believing you can’t breath.

3.     Have you begun to fall asleep in odd places such as driving to work or in the office?

4.     Do you snore? While snoring is not the only symptom and some people snore when they do not have sleep apnea, other individuals did not snore prior to symptoms of sleep apnea, but do now.

5.     Do you feel depressed or have feelings of sadness that are unusual? “Once your body can not get the sleep it needs, you may be impacted by feelings of sadness or depression,” says Dr. Judy Strutz.

Dr. Strutz and her team can help find the right treatment today to get you back on track.

4 Tips & Tricks To Sleep Apnea

Sleep apnea is nothing to mess around with, as your body is sucking in air multiple times throughout the evening as you stop breathing. "While you may think snoring is no big deal and that your sleep apnea is not impacting you, you might be very mislead," says Dr. Judy Strutz. Not only is the lack of sleep potentially breaking down the health of your body, it can also impact your relationship as well. Here are some tips to help you get the sleep you need:

Sleep with your head propped up. Sleeping on your back with a soft pillow can make the problem worse. Try sleeping with a pillow that props you in such a way that the throat says open.

Losing weight can sometimes help with sleep apnea. Not everyone with sleep apnea is overweight, but if you are impacted by slow metabolism and weight gain, losing a few pounds can decrease the effects of sleep apnea.

Quit smoking. Smoking has been found to exacerbate the symptoms of sleep apnea for some individuals. If you can take your last inhale not only will your lungs thank-you, but you can decrease the impact of a restless night’s sleep.

If you snore or suspect that you have sleep apnea, it is recommended that you schedule a visit with Dr. Strutz and her team so you can begin the process of evaluating whether you are a candidate for a snore guard, or other sleep appliance. There are multiple options besides a C-pap machine, these days, that can help open up the airway.

You don’t have to continue to suffer in silence. New dental appliances and other options are available to help.

Day Time Sleepiness

Do you hit that afternoon time of sleepiness? Are you downing caffeine all day to attempt to stay awake? Sleep apnea can negatively impact your life in multiple ways. You may find yourself falling asleep at a stoplight, missing deadlines, or making simple mistakes. There is no need to suffer silently with this potentially deadly disorder. 

Dr. Judith Strutz can evaluate your sleep patterns based on examining your mouth. Recommend a home sleep study and can then fit you with a custom appliance if appropriate. The appliance works similar to a mouth guard. It will either push the tongue down or the jaw forward. Opening up the airway allows you to enjoy a restful night’s sleep. This procedure will take a few visits, as Dr. Strtuz needs to examine and fit your mouth for the correct appliance.

Fifty - seventy million Americans suffer from sleep apnea. This is not a disorder you can let slide, and it usually does not go away on its own. While this epidemic costs millions in car accidents and loss of work productivity it also is a disorder that has multiple options for you to live a better, healthier life.  

Sleep Apnea & How It Impacts You

Most of us don’t think about visiting our dentist when we have sleep apnea, but Dr. Judith Strutz is just the prosthodontist to visit. Sleep apnea can be very dangerous and often goes untreated. During the sleep cycle, an individual may stop and start breathing again over one hundred times a night, because they are constantly waking up to get air. When this happens, you can easily become sleep deprived.

Sleep deprivation has multiple side effects including falling asleep during inopportune times, moodiness, and/or poor concentration. The longer your body goes without the quality sleep it requires, the more symptoms you can be impacted by on a daily basis. If left untreated you will have a higher risk of problems to body organs, which could lead to job loss or even death if you quit breathing long enough.  Heart disease and high blood pressure can also occur in individuals with sleep apnea.

 Symptoms of sleep apnea can include:

·      Gasping for breath that wakes you up

·      Chronic fatigue

·      Morning headaches

·      Difficulty paying attention.

If you are concerned you may have sleep apnea, call or visit the office of Dr. Judy Strutz for more information.

Your body thrives on the proper amount of oxygen to the brain and a deep restful sleep. Sleep apnea unfortunately impacts both of these needs.