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Studies show that as many as 40 million Americans suffer from some form of Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB). Snoring and Sleep Apnea are some common forms of SDB... When you are awake, your airway is completely open and you can breathe fine. But when you lay down, especially on your back and relax to fall asleep, your jaw also relaxes, causing the lower jaw to fall backward. When this happens the tissue in your mouth and throat also falls backward partially or fully closing your airway for a period of time, usually lasting a few seconds. When your airway partially or completely closes, for any period during sleep, it is considered Obstructive Sleep Apnea... 22 million American suffer from sleep apnea, a condition in which you stop breathing, for a few seconds, while you are sleeping. At this time there are three identifiable types of sleep apnea which require different types of treatment. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) occurs when the blockage of your airway causes you to stop..

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