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Has anyone had any Success with a dental appliance?

I'm just not having much success with the masks, I'm on my 9th one now, there are some nights I can tolerate it, somenights it's just not gonna happen, I thought maybe I can alternate with a dental appliance, just want to see if I get any positive feedback, and the neg. too, before I ask my dentist to make one, I heard they are expensive, and I don't think insurance covers that. thanks Lisa

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Permalink Reply by Noah Calderon on September 20, 2009 at 11:05pm
It took me a year to get kind of used to my cpap. But it is worth it. I'm trying other masks too. I know the frustation. I use a dental appliance while wearing my cpap. This helps alot. Also what helped me get used to the cpap mask was doing lung exercises using a Power Lung--a breathing apparatus for athletes. I bought my dental appliance online from a Canadian outfit. It cost about $100 and I fitted it myself. Give it a try, why not.
Good luck, Noah
Permalink Reply by Lisa Marie Cardillo on October 5, 2009 at 5:52pm
Hi Kevi, thanks for the helpfl advice, sorry it took me so long t get back to you, was curous, what did you change in your diet that helped you, do you eat healther? or did you lose weight? I'm trying to eat heathier, eat way too much sugar!!!!

Kevin Sargent said:
I have had some alleviation with the kind from the dentist. It helped a little bit but the CPAP helps an order of magnitude better. However when my sleep apnea was very severe I needed both the dental appliance and the CPAP and at that time it was very necessary. The biggest problem is both only help stop the symptoms which is the sleep apnea in my case. A proper diet did the most to correct my sleep apnea but I still need CPAP.

Kevin

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