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Archive for May, 2010
Sleep Critical to Your Health; Phoenix Sleep Apnea Dentist Dr. Wilcox
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
More and more research appears monthly regarding the importance of sleep to your overall health. At DesertSmiles in Glendale, Dr. Donald Wilcox provides snoring and sleep apnea treatment. We have been so successful FOX 10 recently did a health news segment regarding our snoring and apnea dental appliances in Phoenix.
Sleep apnea is a medical condition that can have far reaching health effects that require medical supervision. We are very fortunate to have one of the nation’s most renowned experts near our Glendale sleep apnea office. Michael J. Breus, PhD, is an authority on sleep medicine. We highly recommend him to all our patients who do not have a sleep medicine doctor. See his informative blog at www.insomniablog.com or visit his website at www.thesleepdoctor.com for more information.
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Sleep Bruxism Related to Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Phoenix Sleep Apnea Dentist Dr. Wilcox
Sunday, May 30th, 2010
From a study posted in Sleep Medicine
Several studies have reported that sleep bruxism rarely occurs in isolation. Recently, in an epidemiological study of sleep bruxism and risk factors in the general population, it was found that among the associated sleep symptoms and disorders obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was the highest risk factor for tooth grinding during sleep.
Using a CPAP most breathing abnormalities were eliminated and a complete eradication of the tooth grinding events was observed. The results of this study suggest that when sleep bruxism is related to apnea/hypopneas, the successful treatment of these breathing abnormalities may eliminate bruxism during sleep.
At our sleep apnea dental office in Glendale, Dr. Wilcox provides snoring and sleep apnea treatment to many patients with dental appliances such as Somnomed’s to control their snoring and sleep apnea and improve their health. For the finest in cosmetic, sedation and sleep apnea dentistry, visit www.desertsmiles.com for more information.
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Fox News Segment on Desert Smiles and Sleep Apnea
Monday, May 10th, 2010
This is a segment that Fox News did on my office, Desert Smiles. I talk about obstructive sleep apnea. Patients in Arizona are surprised to find out that snoring can be solved at a dentist office. Snoring could be sleep apnea and is a symptom. Sleep apnea has detriemnetal effects on long term health
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New Deadly Fungus
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
A novel fungus called C. gattii, has recently been identified and appears to be a threat to otherwise healthy people. Typically, fungal disease is associated with transplant recipients and HIV-infected patients, but this fungal infection is attacking healthy individuals. The mortality rate is 25%. It infects humans an animals. Right now all reported cases are in the Oregon and Washington state area. How it will respond to the deserts of the Southwest and low humidity is not known.
Symptoms can appear tow to several months after exposure, and may include a cough lasting weeks, sharp chest pain, shortness of breath, headache, fever, nighttime sweats and weight loss.
While C. gattii can be treated, it cannot be prevented; there is no vaccine currently. Normal hospital quality disinfectants used at DesertSmiles should kill surface contact. Below are two recent articles discussing this infection. While we strive to provide the finest in cosmetic, sedation and implant dentistry in Glendale and Phoenix, Arizona, we take our patients health and safety as our most important task.
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