NightLase®

Snoring and Sleep Apnea Treatment With Fotona NightLase® Therapy

A full night’s sleep is essential to your overall health. When you feel well-rested, you feel good and can function at your best. According to statistics, approximately 25 million adults in the United States suffer from obstructive sleep apnea, and more than three times that number snore.

What Is Sleep Apnea?

Sleep apnea is a serious and potentially life-threatening disorder involving repeated pauses in breathing while asleep. The most common form of this condition is obstructive sleep apnea. It occurs when an obstructed airway interferes with the flow of oxygen through the nose or mouth during sleep. In someone afflicted with obstructive sleep apnea, the muscles of the throat and mouth relax during sleep to the point where they fall back into the upper airway and create a blockage that restricts breathing.

What Are Some of The Signs & Symptoms of Sleep Apnea?

Sleeptime signs and symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea may include loud snoring, episodic gaps in breathing, abrupt awakenings, periodic gasping for air, along with a restless night’s sleep. In addition to these symptoms, individuals with sleep apnea typically exhibit problems during the day, as well. Sleep apnea may produce morning headaches, excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulty concentrating, and irritability. Furthermore, sleep-disordered breathing is linked to other medical conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular and heart issues, gastric reflux, and depression.

Fotona NightLase® Therapy

At Cosmetic Micro Dentistry, we provide leading-edge solutions to treat sleep apnea so that you can enjoy a safe and uninterrupted night’s sleep. With Fotona NightLase® treatment, we apply gentle, precise laser pulses to the soft tissues at the back of the mouth. This procedure tightens tissues at the entrance of the airway to help reduce the effects of sleep apnea and decrease snoring. As a non-invasive and completely safe method of care, NightLase treatment enables you to get the restful and restorative sleep you require without the use of an oral appliance. The typical course of care involves three separate treatment sessions over three weeks. Treatment with NightLase has a very high success rate, and the results can last up to a year.

At Cosmetic Micro Dentistry, we offer the most advanced systems of care to protect your overall health and well-being.