New FDA-Approved Unique Dental Mouthpiece Offers
Relief To Those Battling Snoring Issues, Sleep Problems
Invents ‘Full-Breath Solution,’ A Non-Surgical Mouth Retainer
That Helps Open Airflow To The Lungs, Resulting In Healthier, Quieter Nights
A new, comfortable mouthpiece, invented by a Los Angeles-area dentist, has created a revolutionary, state-of-the-art solution for those battling snoring and sleep problems, offering relief to the approximate 90 million Americans who snore, as well as an estimated 20 percent of all snorers, 18 million people whose snoring is a symptom of potentially life-threatening sleep apnea.
With
a unique, one-of-a-kind design,
Dr. Bryan Keropian’s FDA-approved “Full Breath Solution” is a non-surgical mouth retainer
that reduces the obstruction of an individual’s air passage, providing a much more effective alternative to surgery. It also offers a new solution for people who have been prescribed the Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) machine, but find it too uncomfortable to use. In order to use the CPAP, a user must attach the machine to his or her nose or mouth with a mask that straps over the head. The mask is connected to a one-inch hose, through which the machine blows air. The vast majority of the people prescribed the CPAP find it difficult to tolerate the air blowing into their nose and/or mouth.
Less than half the size of traditional dental sleep devices, Dr. Keropian’s new solution to snoring and sleep disorders is changing people’s lives every day. The “Full Breath Solution” resembles an orthodontic retainer made of a unique, soft plastic and has a bar that runs across the back abovethe tongue to restrain the tongue from rising andfalling backwards to block the airway. This narrow strip of plastic resulted from Dr. Keropian’s discovery of the tongue’s potentially dangerous health impairing rising movement of the tongue during sleep. This understanding of the tongue’s movement prompted Dr. Keropian to engineerhis unique solution --- he currently has three different FDA approvals, a patent and two patents pending.
According to Dr.Keropian, the common frustration with the CPAP treatment solution led the Academy of Sleep Medicine to recommend dental mouthpieces as the first choice for treating light to moderate sleep apnea. Sleep apnea, the most severe of sleep disorders, causes breathing to stop for at least 10 seconds as often as 10 times an hour.
Many people have their breathing interrupted as much as 90 seconds, and for some people, breathing interruptions occur as often as 50 times an hour, he says Dr. Keropian’s uniquely engineered solution treats these people with remarkable success. “We have some patients with very severe sleep problems whom we are able to significantly help. It is tremendously rewarding to be able to help people who have suffered for years without a satisfactory solution. With the new technology available to see the airway through digital imaging systems and to measure the upper airway with acoustic technology and calculate the airflow to the lungs through uniquely programmed computers , we no longer are guessing about the effectiveness of treatment. It is something we canclearly measure bringing the patient dramatic results with a painless and effective solution.”
Dental mouthpieces have been available for snoring and night breathing issues for at least 15 years. However, the size and complexity of these mouthpieces tend to be unappealing and uncomfortable. Nearly all of the traditional mouthpieces consist of two pieces covering the upper and lower teeth, and most of these devices are hinged or hooked together. Placing such a large, uncomfortable object into the mouth bef
ore
sleeping causes severe facial and jaw pain in many patients, says
Dr.
Keropian, which is why approximately half of the patients attempting to use them wind up abandoning treatment.
“Sleeping with the conventional mouthpieces designed to treat snoring and sleep disorders feels like sleeping with an orange in one’s mouth. For many people, it is almost impossible to fall asleep, and those devices fail to keep the tongue sufficiently out of the way of the patient’s air passage,” says Dr. Keropian. “With the Full Breath mouthpiece, patients can close their mouths comfortably, as well as maintain a clear path for oxygen to get through. This is a major breakthrough. Nothing like this has ever existed before.”
Each Full Breath mouthpiece is fabricated from a custom impression of a patient’s upper teeth and then designed from measurements created with a special computer called a pharyngometer that maps the dimensions of the upper respiratory airway through acoustic signals.
The Full Breath Sleep Appliance is currently available from Dr. Keropian’s office in Tarzana, CA as well as a number of dentists trained by Dr. Keropian from across the country.
More information about the Full Breath Solutionis available toll-free at 1-866-766-7306 or at http://www.cpapalternative.com/.