When you see the Sleep Health Dental Centre sign you know that your dentist is an accredited ‘Sleep Health’ dentist and will be taking care to assess your airway and where necessary conduct sleep studies and other assessments in order to determine if treatment is necessary.

Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) conditions can range from ‘simple snoring’ (partially blocked airway) to severe sleep apnoea where you literally stop breathing for sometimes up to a minute for as many as 20 or 30 times a night. 

The diagram below shows what occurs when the tongue, and/or soft palate partially or completely blocks the airway when sleeping.  This will result in snoring or the complete cessation of breathing ranging from a few seconds to several minutes in severe cases.