Oral Sleep Appliance: MAD

Since the oral cavity is a gateway to your airway. Dr. Chandra helps to evaluate and screen for Sleep Apnea. The Gold Standard used to be a CPAP machine for treating snoring and sleep apnea. An alternative of treating sleep apnea is the Mandibular Advancement Device (MAD). It is an oral appliance that fits in the mouth that moves the lower jaw forward. A MAD appliance helps to diminish any restrictions that occurs in the back of the throat by moving the jaw and tongue forward away from the back of your throat, which opens up the upper airway, thus reducing the air resistance that leads to snoring. There are many reasons why people snore, many of which are connected to the partial obstruction of the airway to and from the lungs by the tongue or throat tissue.