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If you’ve been diagnosed with sleep apnea, you may be depressed about the lifetime of treatment you’re facing. But there is an alternative. The DNA Appliance can address the root cause of your sleep apnea so that you won’t have to use CPAP or an oral appliance for the rest of your life.

If you would like to learn whether you’re a candidate for this exciting treatment option for sleep apnea, please call (734) 429-7460 today for an appointment with the sleep dentist Dr. Pomerance at Pomerance Integrative Dental Care of Saline.

Benefits of DNA Appliance

The DNA Appliance is an exciting alternative for people who have difficulty complying with sleep apnea treatments like CPAP. The benefits of the DNA Appliance are:

Can cure sleep apnea
Activates your body’s natural growth mechanisms
No drugs
No surgery or surgical risk
Higher success rate than many surgeries
Cost comparable or below surgery
Combines well with lifestyle modification

The biggest attraction for the DNA Appliance is that it has the ability to potentially cure your sleep apnea. That means you will be permanently free of CPAP and oral appliances, and you won’t snore or be awakened by interrupted breathing.

The DNA Appliance treats sleep apnea using your body’s natural mechanisms. There are no drugs, and no need for surgery. This is particularly important for people with sleep apnea, who have a higher risk for perioperative complications. Although not everyone gets the full benefit of a complete cure, the success rate is higher than many sleep apnea surgery techniques–and at a lower cost than surgery.

The DNA Appliance, like other oral appliances, is a great treatment to pair with lifestyle modification to reduce the severity of sleep apnea. Combined, the two treatments have a higher success rate.

Limitations of DNA Appliance

However, the DNA Appliance is not right for everyone. It does have some limitations, such as:

High cost compared to other oral appliances
Some people still need oral appliance or CPAP
Treatment result is not predictable

The biggest drawback for the DNA Appliance for most people is that it’s relatively expensive compared to other oral appliances.

That cost seems like even more of a drawback when you consider that many people don’t get cured of their sleep apnea, so they still have to pay for treatment with an oral appliance or CPAP. And we can’t always tell who will respond to the treatment so we can’t give you a good estimate of your odds of success.

How the DNA Appliance Works

The DNA Appliance addresses the root cause of most cases of sleep apnea: a narrow airway. The size and shape of your airway is determined by the size and shape of your jaws. Unfortunately, for many us, our jaws don’t fully develop as they’re supposed to. There are many reasons for this, including:

Bottle feeding
Thumbsucking
Allergies or illness that clogs the nasal airway, leading to mouth breathing
Modern diet of soft, refined foods

Crowded teeth and a need for wisdom tooth extraction are signs that your jaw didn’t fully develop.

Fortunately, our bodies still have the ability to continue to develop. Even if the natural growth process has paused, we can trigger it again using the DNA Appliance.

The DNA Appliance works by applying steady force to your upper jaw, similar to the way braces move your teeth. Only the DNA Appliance doesn’t need to be anchored to brackets on your teeth. Nor does it need to be worn all day. Wear it in the evening and overnight and it will stimulate the growth of your jaw, which will expand your airway, making it easier to breathe and hopefully curing your snoring and/or sleep apnea.

Would you like to learn whether you are a good candidate for the DNA Appliance in Saline and surrounding areas? Please call (734) 429-7460 today for an appointment at Pomerance Integrative Dental Care, Saline MI.