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Is snoring affecting your health? Many people who have sleep problems identify snoring and mouth breathing.
The question is what to do next. Learning how to stop snoring is a lifestyle change that often involves functional dental examination.
Poor breathing during sleep, or snoring is the vibration of air through the nose or throat as your muscles relax.
While some snoring can be diagnosed as ‘benign’ it is a sign of dysfunctional breathing during sleep. Healthy breathing during sleep should be silent, never through the mouth, and never pausing.
Today sleep apnea affects up to a billion people worldwide. If you snore or mouth breathe, and you don’t already have sleep apnea, it’s highly likely that in your life you will be diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea.
So, how do you actually stop snoring?
Today’s guest is Dr.Mark Burhenne, author of the 8-Hour Sleep Paradox, and founder of Ask the Dentist, one of the largest online resources for dental health.
Dr. Burhenne has dedicated his career to helping people connect oral health to bodily health. His concern is that dental education focuses solely on teeth, but as soon as you spend one day in real-world, clinical practice, you learn that patients with poor dental health have a host of other systemic, clinical symptoms.
In his book, Dr. Burhenne describes the role of the dentist in diagnosing and treating snoring, mouth breathing, and obstructive sleep apnea.
Functional dentistry utilizes the jaw and musculature as well as the systemic inputs to breathing to help you stop snoring
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to Ask the Dentist.
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Read the 8-Hour Sleep Paradox
