Oral Appliance Therapy (OAT)

The most popular and effective CPAP alternative currently available is Oral Appliance Therapy, which is simply wearing a custom-designed oral appliance in your mouth to keep your jaw in its optimal position to allow your airway to remain unobstructed while you sleep.

What causes sleep apnea is your airway becomes so relaxed that the tissue actually creates a blockage that prevents air from flowing smoothly in and out of your mouth while you sleep. Snoring is the sound one makes when trying to force that air through a blocked airway. That’s why most people who snore have sleep apnea, and most people who have sleep apnea will snore.

Oral Appliance Therapy keeps your jaw in the best position to keep your airway open, and it’s a super easy treatment. You simply fit the custom-designed appliance in your mouth while you sleep (which you’ll get used to in no time at all), and your jaw will be gently forced into its optimal position while you snooze.

Oral appliances are also referred to as splints and mouthguards. Regardless of their name, they work. They’re easy to maintain, they’re portable, and you clean them according to Dr. Lawson’s instructions. When they are properly cared for and stored safely, Oral Appliances can last for a very long time.

Sleep Apnea Technology Allows Treatment for All Ages

The innovative technology at Lawson Dentistry allows us to treat people of all ages. Added benefits of this amazing CPAP alternative include having numerous choices to meet your particular needs:

  • 3D-printed for an intimate fit without added pressure on your teeth allows for the appliances to be so comfortable that you’ll forget you’re even wearing them!
  • Working on the health or beauty of your smile? We have appliances that change as your smile does for an always-effective, always-comfortable fit.
  • With our most flexible, durable sleep apnea appliances, not even teeth grinding will stop you from getting the healthy, restful sleep you deserve.
  • Designed for children, our pediatric appliances address sleep apnea and future orthodontic issues so your child enjoys better health for life.
  • 3D-printed for an intimate fit without added pressure on your teeth allows for the appliances to be so comfortable that you’ll forget you’re even wearing them!
  • Working on the health or beauty of your smile? We have appliances that change as your smile does for an always-effective, always-comfortable fit.
  • With our most flexible, durable sleep apnea appliances, not even teeth grinding will stop you from getting the healthy, restful sleep you deserve.
  • Designed for children, our pediatric appliances address sleep apnea and future orthodontic issues so your child enjoys better health for life.

Wholistic (Integrative) Dentistry Can Provide the Sleep That’s Eluded You

It won’t take long for you to realize how important whole health care is to Dr. Lawson and her amazing dental team at Lawson Dentistry. By providing you CPAP alternatives in Urbandale to finally allow you to sleep well without constant waking and choking and gasping for air, your quality of life has nowhere to go to but up.

One very exciting aspect of sleep apnea treatment is that you can take a home sleep test instead of having to go to a clinic and be wired up for eight hours while lab techs watch you sleep and monitor your every move. With at-home sleep studies, you can get the answers you need in the comfort of your own bed. Simply take the at-home sleep study, and submit results that will be evaluated by a sleep specialist, and your sleep apnea dentist in Urbandale can get you started on a treatment plan right away.

Please call Lawson Dentistry today to schedule an appointment (515) 278-4366, or fill out our online contact form. We will reach out to you to answer questions about sleep apnea treatment or schedule a sleep apnea new patient appointment.