The Symptoms: A Poor Night's Sleep

If you have difficulty getting a good night's sleep and experience constant drowsniess, you are not alone. Over 75 million people suffer from sleep disorders and/or snoring. Sleep disorders affect your behavior, energy, emotions, and those around you. Most importantly, a lack of sleep can lead to a slow deterioration of your health. Consider the following:

• 90% of people who snore experience apneic disorders.
• Hypertension is found with over 50% of patients.
• Vascular pressure in the brain increases. Untreated, you increase your risk of heart attack and stroke.
• For those over 60 years of age, 60% of males and 40% of females snore.
• Over long period of time, sleep apnea leads to memory loss and intellectual deterioration.
• Drowsiness is the cause of over 200,000 car accidents a year

One Solution: The SomnoMed MAS™ Sleep Appliance

Luckily, there is a solution and an alternative to yesterday's bulky and uncomfortable CPAP machines. The SomnoMed MAS™ is an oral sleep appliance that is worn at night to reduce snoring and open the patient's airways. As a trained specialist in dentistry and sleep, Dr. Keller can fit the patient with a custom tailored, comfortable sleep appliance to ensure a good night's sleep.

The SomnoMed MAS™ has many advantages over more conventional surgical- and CPAP-based treatments:

• High compliance: 88% of patients feel comfortable enough to use it nightly
• High effectiveness: 91% of patients report improvement
• High acceptance: 96% of patience report that they will continue to use the MAS™

Patients can make an appointment for Dr. Keller to perform an intra-oral exam that will determine the patient's suitability for a sleep appliance. Patients should come with a prescription for MAS therapy from a specialist physician.