When you’re in bed, do you ever have the urge to move your legs, and do your leg muscles twitch or spasm if you don’t adjust them? If you have a bed partner—have they ever complained about you kicking your legs or constantly moving while...
General dentistry is great for toothaches, cleaning, and a healthier smile. However, general dentistry has significant limitations when it comes to specialized dental treatments like those required for sleep apnea. General dentists don’t go through the same rigorous training that an AADSM/ABDSM dentist does. AADSM/ABDSM-certified...
The Secrets of Sleep: The Vital Role of Hormones In each person’s body, many glands and related organs secrete hormones; they make up the body’s endocrine system. Hormone secretions initiate essential physiological processes and regulate critical bodily functions, like sleep. Your health is highly dependent on the...
As a board certified specialist in dental sleep medicine, Dr. Hartsfield can offer a fantastic alternative treatment for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA or “sleep apnea” for short): oral appliance therapy (OAT). Of the two treatment types, CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) is the most...
Have you noticed your sleep suffering due to classic sleep apnea symptoms? It might be time to seek treatment. Allowing your sleep apnea to go undiagnosed and untreated poses multiple health risks to you, and can keep you and your partner up at night. Oral appliance...
For many patients with mild to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (or “CPAP”) machines have proven to be an effective treatment—but that’s only if they can stand to wear theirs throughout the night and as directed. The unfortunate truth is that...
Did you know that how you breathe while sleeping can affect your quality of rest, your ability to stay in deep sleep, and your overall health? In this blog, we’ll discuss: The correlation between sleep and respiration (breathing) How to improve your breathing during sleep with...
If you tend to talk in your sleep, you probably know about it: You’ve either been told by someone else who has heard your mid-slumber grumblings firsthand or you’ve woken yourself up with it. Snoring caused by sleep apnea and talking in your sleep can both...
You’ve likely heard of someone feeling fatigued and irritable after their circadian rhythm gets off track or how winter days with little sunlight can cause “seasonal depression” (seasonal affective disorders or “S.A.D.”), vitamin D deficiencies, and vision problems. But did you know that our bodies’...
You may already be familiar with the effect of sleeplessness on your brain, diminishing the cognitive functions responsible for decision-making, emotional processing, and the speed of reaction times. Undiagnosed and untreated sleep apnea can not only cause a lack of sleep: It can also put...