Impressions Sleep and Wellness Center

01/19/2024

Happy Birthday, April!! Wishing you a fantastic day and year ahead! 🎈

08/29/2022

06/02/2022

Turbinate hypertrophy is caused when the mucosa becomes enlarged or swollen. This can be acute or chronic.

Commonly caused by :

Hormonal changes
Medications
Allergies
Environmental irritants
Sinus infections
Upper respiratory infection

Treatment options depend on the cause and is case by case….
It can vary from medication use to surgery.

Discuss your symptoms with an 👃

03/08/2022

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Here’s why breathing through your mouth is not good for your health.

SLEEP ➡️ breathing through the mouth at night can impact the quality of your sleep which in turn can leave you fatigued and tired.

SNORING & SLEEP APNEA ➡️ Mouth breathing promotes low tongue posture, which can lead to snoring, sleep disordered breathing and sleep apnea.

LOW ENERGY ➡️ we get less oxygen when we breathe with our mouth. This will result in lowered energy levels.

DEHYDRATION ➡️ study has showed that the net water loss increased by 42% when the breathing mode was switched from nasal to oral. This explains why you experience dry mouth and want to drink more water.

POOR ORAL HEALTH ➡️ When you breathe through the mouth, you decrease saliva production. This changes the the pH balance in your mouth making it more acidic. Saliva works at neutralizing. Without adequate amounts of saliva It can lead to increased risk for tooth decay (cavities), gum disease, and halitosis (chronic bad breath).

02/05/2022

How did we normalize choking in our sleep?

Today nearly 1 billion people suffer from choking-like events in their sleep.⠀
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It’s a jaw-dropping problem.

It begins when our jaws don't develop from childhood and our airways are smaller from the get go.⠀
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In our society, we’ve characterized noisy breathing during sleep as normal, funny (when Dad does it), or cute when our kids do it.⠀
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Snoring is the vibration heard in the airways when you are sleeping. As you sleep, your muscles relax, and that includes many of the muscles that support the face, neck, and mouth.⠀
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That’s why, when you wake up in a pool of dribble, it’s that unconscious loss of control of the oral cavity.⠀
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Airways vibrate when they collapse. And collapse happens when we lose volume. Actually noisy breathing when you sleep is the collapse of our airways.⠀
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Snoring and sleep apnea is the severe end of a syndrome we classify as ‘sleep breathing’ disorders. The name isn’t particularly useful, because actually night-time breathing reflects day time breathing.⠀
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If we don’t breathe efficiently through the day, we don’t breathe efficiently through the night.⠀
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Noisy, vibrating airways at night happen in airways that aren’t supported by the structures that normally ‘hold’ their space.⠀
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We need to learn to ‘hold space’ for our airways during sleep. That means the bony structures (palate, lower jaw, and nasal sinuses) and the soft tissues like the tongue, adenoids and tonsils as well as the neck muscles need to ‘stay open’.

Practicing tongue posture is one way to help your airway at night. The tongue should rest to the roof of the mouth at any time you’re not eating or speaking. It helps to maintain the tension of the muscles that support it like a ‘sling’ in the lower jaw and throat.⠀
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Other practices include deep diaphragmatic nasal breathing. These ‘mindful’ breathing practices hold the airway patterns that help us sleep deeply, allow the brain to clear itself of ‘junk’ that builds up through the day through the complete cycles of sleep.

How to approach snoring?

1) Mouth taping & breathwork
2) Sleep / ENT assessment
3) Dental assessment
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Do you or a family member snore?

06/29/2021

⚠️❗️⚠️ PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL ⚠️❗️⚠️

Phillips Respironics recently announced a voluntary medical safety recall on an estimated 3-4 million bi-level PAP, CPAP, and ventilator devices.

If you are currently using one of the affected machines, Phillips has recommended to contact your primary physician or DME provider to determine future treatment options.

To learn about the possibility of utilizing oral appliance therapy to treat OSA, call us and get scheduled for a consult. 💤💤💤

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04/21/2020

Don't to forget to clean your CPAP machine!

04/16/2020

Call 360-493-1866 to learn about Oral Appliance therapy to help with sleep apnea!

04/07/2020

Call 360-493-1866 to speak with our team about sleep apnea treatment.

03/24/2020

Let’s join forces with this challenge and get as much proper protective equipment as we can to our local hospitals! 😷🦷🏥

Dear Friends,

As you know, we are always trying to do our part throughout the community and lend a hand when the need arises. With the rise in numbers of hospitalized patients due to Covid-19, medical providers have had an increased need for appropriate personal protective equipment. Last Thursday, we delivered two cases of masks to Providence/St. Peter's hospital. I also messaged the local dental society as a call for dentists to donate.

We will continue to find ways to help and encourage all of you to do the same. Doing things to keep yourselves healthy such as cardiovascular exercises will not only help keep your lungs strong, but will be great for your mind as well. Most importantly, please adhere to social distancing protocols.

We will be reaching out to those of you who are 65 and older to check on you in the upcoming week. If you need anything, please let us know.

Finally, you may have heard that Governor Inslee has ordered dental offices to be closed for elective services until May 18th. We will remain open Monday-Wednesday, 8am-4pm and Thursdays by appointment only for emergencies. I am available by phone as well.

We will get through this and it will all be fine. Take care.

Dr. Bath