What are the key symptoms of Sleep Apnoea? If you or someone close to you has symptoms such as snoring and interruptions in breathing which may be associated with Sleep Apnoea, it is important to discuss your concerns with you GP, your family doctor. [...]
Sleep Disordered Breathing may often present as Excessive Daytime Tiredness (EDT). This may often be attributable to Poor Sleep. In order to manage Poor Sleep in a practical way, often minor lifestyle changes and good Sleep Hygiene may assist in identifying the problem, along [...]
Oral Appliance Therapy is a therapy designed individually to maintain the oropharynx (the upper airway, located behind the tongue, extending downward) in an open position, avoiding airway closure overnight. Snoring is often the first symptom of sleep disordered breathing. Investigation of overnight symptoms is [...]
According to the Mayo Clinic, Bruxism is a medical term for teeth grinding and clenching, a condition in which you bring your teeth together, more commonly unconsciously. This action is brought about by muscle clenching, resulting in tooth contact, which is repetitive, often with [...]
Beacon Dental Sleep Medicine If you, or someone close to you is concerned about nighttime symptoms of Sleep Disordered Breathing, which may include: • Unexplained wakening, with gasping for breath • Waking up with a morning headache • Snoring, which can often be very [...]
What are the key symptoms of Sleep Apnoea? If you or someone close to you has symptoms, which may be associated with Sleep Apnoea, it is important to discuss your concerns with you GP, your family doctor. Symptoms can be divided into: Nighttime symptoms and [...]
Worry about having Sleep Apnoea is very common. Concerns about snoring or waking up with a startle during the night are the most frequent symptoms of Sleep Disordered Breathing. Waking up repeatedly during the night, with a snoring noise which wakes a bedpartner or [...]
Anna Geary finds out about the condition of bruxism from Dr Ed Owens of Beacon Dental on RTEs Supercharged. Bruxism is excessive teeth grinding or jaw clenching. It is an oral parafunctional activity; i.e., it is unrelated to normal function such as eating or [...]
The first step in the management of Sleep Apnoea is to contact your GP who will refer you to a specialist Sleep Centre www.beacondentalsleep.ie where your referral letter will be triaged and you will be scheduled with one of our Consultants in Respiratory and [...]
Oral appliance therapy is an alternative to C.P.A.P. treatment for many people with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (1). Obstructive Sleep Apnoea is divided into Mild, Moderate and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, based on patient presentation, clinical symptoms and sleep testing. There are patients who also present [...]
