Sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 300,000 Americans each year and often strikes without warning. Recent evidence suggests that there is a link between sudden cardiac arrest and sleep apnea, a common sleep disorder that causes a person's breathing to pause or become shallow. This sleep disorder increases a person's chances of developing heart disease and places them at a higher risk for sudden cardiac arrest. Researchers found people with sleep apnea were 2.6 times more li

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Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder that is caused when the soft tissues of the mouth and palate fall back and temporarily block the breathing passages. People with sleep apnea have one or more pauses in breathing or shallow breaths during their sleep due to an obstruction. These breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes and can happen hundreds of times throughout their sleep. Breathing eventually resumes with a loud gasp or a snort for air, as the person is tempora

Every now and then, I encounter a patient that refuses X-rays. This always makes me feel uncomfortable, because I feel that the patient feels does not trust my recommendation. It is then my job to educate my patients on the importance of Dental X- Rays. Dental X-rays help me visualize diseases of the teeth and surrounding tissue that sometimes can not be seen during oral exam. It's imperative to treating and detecting problems early in their development. Our office focuses on